Holy bad luck... exploding thermometer..

[mpmistr]

I'm still kind of curious as to how my nitrates spiked up so much.. I know 20ppm isn't lethal but it may have been more, the API kit is kind of weird it's different shades of orange and I always have trouble reading it. It was a pretty deep orange, I usually get a pale orange color and I usually test my water weekly.

I do 25% weekly water changes (two 5.7 gallon buckets so closer to 30% probably). Only reason i tested my water last night was because I noticed the dwarf water lettuce had pretty much taken over the top of my tank and I was getting some springtails on the surface of my water (little jumping bugs).

I really figured that the dwarf water lettuce explosion would reduce nitrates, maybe a ghost shrimp died somewhere I can't see? I figure the frogs would eat any shrimp that croaked though, no pun intended.

[rodsboys]

Maybe there was a giant poo somewhere?????

[mpmistr]

Maybe there was a giant poo somewhere?????

I've started feeding my frogs 1 nightcrawler each rather than cutting 2 into 3 pieces and feeding them each 2 pcs, they each get 1 worm every other day. Maybe I should feed them less, it could very well be extra poop.

Still though it's a planted tank full of fast growing nitrate suckers, over filtered with an eheim 2217 canister, and with only 3 frogs in a 40B, understocked. Soooo idk.

[rodsboys]

I feed about twice a week now. Either Retpomin or some cut up raw shrimp. I do worms too, but I do not replentish too often as the wife hates them being in the fridge.
If I feed anymore than that they just pork on the weight. They are chunky enough as is.