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Possible High Nitrates.

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B1N4RY
, 08-04-2013 at 10:11 AM (1599 Views)
So unfortunately I have been in the in the hospital recovering from emergency surgery to save my life from a burst appendix. So I wasn't able to tend to my aquarium and my wife told me my fish don't look so well and that my snails are making runs out of the tank. So without any further testing I am assuming that nitrate/nitrite levels may be higher than expected. I have a my Fluval G3 Canister filter running for approximately 3 weeks now with just the stock Activated Charcoal filter and I never had a chance to install the Fluval Tri-Ex (Ammonia/Nitrate0Carbon) cartridge before I was admitted. Does anyone else have a similar issue with such small aquariums?

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  1. melev's Avatar
    I'm sorry to hear about your appendix. That happened to me 10 years ago. I was walking around with a burst appendix for five days and didn't even know it. Feeling any better yet?
  2. B1N4RY's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    I'm sorry to hear about your appendix. That happened to me 10 years ago. I was walking around with a burst appendix for five days and didn't even know it. Feeling any better yet?
    Thank you Melev. With each passing day I feel better but I'm grounded from going to work for another two weeks. But hopefully I can start working remotely from home. But being home is not so bad. I get to work on my aquarium. But the surgeon said it was so bad inside that the 1 hour operation took 3 to clean me up and I also lost a small piece of my small intestine.
  3. melev's Avatar
    I had something called peritonitis. Supposedly it should have killed me - sounds like you had pretty much the same thing. It took me many weeks to walk again since they cut my stomach muscles to clean me out (and hope for the best). I wasn't allowed to lift a gallon of milk to pour a bowl of cereal, for example. It took a while, but I recovered fully. Take care of yourself and don't over do it too soon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    I had something called peritonitis. Supposedly it should have killed me - sounds like you had pretty much the same thing. It took me many weeks to walk again since they cut my stomach muscles to clean me out (and hope for the best). I wasn't allowed to lift a gallon of milk to pour a bowl of cereal, for example. It took a while, but I recovered fully. Take care of yourself and don't over do it too soon.
    That is pretty much similar to me. The surgeon said that I was such a mess inside that if I waited until the morning I most likely would have died in my sleep. I have a wife and 3 small boys so that rattle my bones a bit. But the surgeon did an amazing job and I owe my life to my wife for being a hypochondriac and the surgeon for being so talented. I'm trying not to overdo it but I can't seem to keep off the aquarium. LOL