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dannieboiz
09/09/2005, 12:15 AM
I did my routine water change on Tuesday today I tested my water and noticed my nitrate reads @ 20ppm and my PH is @ 8.8 my

My RTBA is bleaching and moving around and the other rose that's been settled for the past 4 months started to move to a new location as well. The only thing different about my tank is an upgrade of skimmer to an AquaC EV-180....
timmy_boy188
09/09/2005, 02:12 AM
did you put RO water in?
bertoni
09/09/2005, 02:17 AM
What's the nitrate in some freshly-mixed water?
dannieboiz
09/09/2005, 10:55 AM
it's the same RO/DI that I've been using since day one. Only 6 months old.
bertoni
09/09/2005, 02:13 PM
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/august2003/chem.htm

That article talks about a lot of ideas that might help.