hi nitrates, low phosphates and good ph
- Thread starter JeffyT
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I have a bit of a battle in this area going on now...
Lots of options... water changes, sulfur reactors, vodka reactors, dosing, marine pure blocks, chaeto algae, and skimming, and water flow, detritus removal/suspension via flow and sump cleaning, sock/filter-pad maintenance, and stuff like nitrate removal media and bacterial solutions. Lots of these ways take months to work.
Assume you have a decent skimmer up and working?
I would suggest that you do nothing for phosphate removal like GFO for some time as some of these methods require a Po4:nitrate balance to work properly.
Lots of options... water changes, sulfur reactors, vodka reactors, dosing, marine pure blocks, chaeto algae, and skimming, and water flow, detritus removal/suspension via flow and sump cleaning, sock/filter-pad maintenance, and stuff like nitrate removal media and bacterial solutions. Lots of these ways take months to work.
Assume you have a decent skimmer up and working?
I would suggest that you do nothing for phosphate removal like GFO for some time as some of these methods require a Po4:nitrate balance to work properly.
gone fishin
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What is High? WC would be a good way to reduce them. But, the more important question is why are they high.
Only reading I have high is Nitrate. Im sitting at 0.5? I'm using the Salifert test kit for Nitrates. My phosphates is at 0 according to the color chart from API test kit, and my PH is sitting at 8.4 API test kit as well.
I did have a death in the tank that I haven't found the body for and that was my ruby dragonette.
I rearranged my rock today and still couldnt find the body.
I use chemipure ELITE and Purigen for media filter as well as filter floss. And I'm running a Tunze 9001 protein skimmer. I stopped feeding everyday. And I stopped feeding pellets too. So now I just defrost a cube of Hikari frozen mysis and then wet it with some garlic gaurd and it goes into my tank.
Besides the two clowns, i have a hippo tang and a sunburst anthias in my tank for fish and 4 anemones.
I'm debating to get a desktop reactor like the Innovative Marine Mini Max and run GFO in it to help with the bioload.
A HOB or intank DIY CPR refugium is also something I've considered. Some cheato to help?
gone fishin
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If you have 0.5ppm of nitrate then you have nothing wrong. The fish loss more than likely was taken care of by your CUC.
oh okay. i thought it was kind of high. but i guess my nems just need to reacclimate to the water change?
theyre just not poofing out as much since i did the change.
OnceTrueFalseBr
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lol 0.5 is not high...
rishu_pepper
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Calling the tang police.
Seriously though, I'd shudder to see my hippo in my 30g. Please reconsider.
Seriously though, I'd shudder to see my hippo in my 30g. Please reconsider.
sorry thought my nitrates needed to be at zero. excuse me for asking this question? obviously i posted in the new to the hobby section. don't need the snarky comments. just positive feed back please.
im gonna move the tang to a bigger tank. thank you tang police. i hope i never see any of you do anything out of the ordinary with your reef tanks. imma build a wall so you can bang your faces in too.
im gonna move the tang to a bigger tank. thank you tang police. i hope i never see any of you do anything out of the ordinary with your reef tanks. imma build a wall so you can bang your faces in too.
