nitrates just wouln't go down

[J_Geisinger000]

I know one of the major keys to bb

is to keep all the diteritus blown around into the water coloumn
so the skimmer can remove it easier

lack of effort on my part
will not happen again
I want to begin stocking my tank full of corals

 

[McCrary]

J_Geisenger000- How are your SPS doing? Are they being affected at all by the nitrates?

 

[J_Geisinger000]

today they are doing great

a couple days ago when my nitrates were at 20 ppm
they did not have hardly any polyp extension

 

[McCrary]

What are your nitrates currently at? As I suggested above Anthony Calfo has an extensive thread on using DSB for nitrate control. As SPS are so sensitive to changes in water quality (especially nitrates) I would suggest looking into something that can be used to consume nitrate. I am glad that your coral have not had any RTN because of your nitrates.

 

[socalreefer73]

That's great to hear J!!!

Sorry to hijack the thread on a theological tangent...

Grats on your success!!!

Now that I think about it, I don't have to clean the algae off the glass of my tank since I sucked out all of my detritus. I'm BB at the moment because I only have scraps in there from a friend's tank crash and was planning to move...

Good catch... I knew it didn't make much sense as to why you had a nitrate problem with such a small bioload...