Anyone tried AZ-NO3 before?
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Billybeau1
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I can tell you from personal experience, if you are trying to reduce from say 20 ppm to zero, this does a pretty good job. But, if you are trying to reduce from 80 to zero, forget it.
There are better natural ways to reduce nitrate.
Read this article
Nitrate in the Reef Aquarium
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/august2003/chem.htm
There are better natural ways to reduce nitrate.
Read this article
Nitrate in the Reef Aquarium
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/august2003/chem.htm
I have a refugium but maybe its not strong enough. U see my tank is 4ft x 2ft x2ft. My refugium is much smaller with miracle mud that was set-up a year ago. I have planted 5 mangroves growing with leaves quite regularly. Could the almost dead flow of water in the refuguim causing more and more deritius and nitrate ? There are no more copepods seen in the refugium anymore. Please help my corals refuse to open up and my fishes are dying.
Billybeau1
Premium Member
Well, that said, you have other water quality issues, I'm sure. Can you post your current water parameters, what test kits you use and what salt mix you use.
Billybeau1
Premium Member
That depends on your water source and salt mix. If your water is good then I would start a series of 20% water changes very couple of days until you get your parameters back in check.
Do you run carbon ? If not you may want to run a good quality carbon to soak up any undesirables in your tank. Many of us run carbon 24/7.
Do you run carbon ? If not you may want to run a good quality carbon to soak up any undesirables in your tank. Many of us run carbon 24/7.
Billybeau1
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Do you have any idea what you calcium and alkalinity level is ?
The water is probably moving faster then you think. Put a filter sock on the incoming water to prevent detritus from building up in your refugium. Sorry to tell you this Mangroves look nice but you need to many to be of value. Replace with as much chaetomorpha as possible. Either run lighting on opposite cycle or 24hr cycle. I run on 24hr but thats up to you. Mangroves are nice but are not practical for home aquaria.
Bab
Some stuff to know about on Mangroves
MANGROVES IN REEF AQUARIA by DANIEL KNOP
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/apr2002/feature.htm
Also you Alk is fine. NSW is at it high at 7 dKH although some like to run it higher in reef tanks, like 10-11.
One issue with mangroves is that you MUST keep up the magnesium at normal levies. Failure to do this will cause them to die off. The Mg++ ion is needed to kick out the chloride they pick up from the high chloride in seawater.
As suggested you need WC and the deritius removed from my refuguim.
Some stuff to know about on Mangroves
MANGROVES IN REEF AQUARIA by DANIEL KNOP
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/apr2002/feature.htm
Also you Alk is fine. NSW is at it high at 7 dKH although some like to run it higher in reef tanks, like 10-11.
One issue with mangroves is that you MUST keep up the magnesium at normal levies. Failure to do this will cause them to die off. The Mg++ ion is needed to kick out the chloride they pick up from the high chloride in seawater.
As suggested you need WC and the deritius removed from my refuguim.
Yes you can run Kalk just be careful with it if you don't have alot of experience with it. I would use Seachems reef builder instead. Mangroves do pull the Mag++ out of the water to get rid of chloride. You can get Julian Sprung's book on Two Little Fishies.com about mangroves. I still recommend Chaeto instead. Water changes and cheato will help your problem.
Billybeau1
Premium Member
I use Seachems Matrix Carbon. It's a step above Black Diamond, but if you can get BD that should be fine. A lot of folks use it.
