So what's your nitrate?

[cherubfish pair]

Mines 4 ppm.

 

[richie666]

0 ppm running 7 months

 

[gbru316]

I have a terrible time reading no3 test kits. It's somewhere between 2 and 25 ppm. No algae, corals look healthy so I'm not worried about it. Tank appearance is often a better indicator of health than water parameters.

 

[glaukos]

2ppm here:thumbsup:

 

[whosurcaddie]

0.00

 

[Mark9]

0.0

 

[cloak]

I have no idea, things do look good though. :thumbsup:

 

[GSep]

2 ppm :/

 

[kw22]

My old tank when I had it was between 0-5ppm sometimes 7 or so on a rare occasion.

 

[swk]

0.75 according to Red Sea

Would prefer it to be higher. Shooting for 3-5 in an ideal world

 

[sublime9182]

2.5 everyone's happy but zoas don't grow...

 

[Bpb]

0 on Elos and API test kits. I cannot get a nitrate reading no matter how much I feed

 

[catlinth]

I average 2 ppm.

 

[TripleJ21]

Around 5. Anemones, and all coral (sort, LPS, SPS) are happy and growing.

 

[Kaman8]

Around 0,1 ppm ( salifert ) . No algea and sps , zoas growing very well.

 

[IowaReefer]

0, no algae, just a few annoying diatoms :/

 

[NastyZ]

.02 with salifert having the hardest time getting them up want to be around 1-3ppm

 

[mserebro]

Can some people share their secrets? My levels are 15ppm with a red sea test kit for nitrates in a 150gal tank with one fish. Can't seem to bring it down with water changes. Ordered a reef dynamics bio pellet reactor. Let's see if that help

 

[Dan_P]

Can some people share their secrets? My levels are 15ppm with a red sea test kit for nitrates in a 150gal tank with one fish. Can't seem to bring it down with water changes. Ordered a reef dynamics bio pellet reactor. Let's see if that help

How old is the set up?

Aquariums by themselves will develop some denitrification capability deep in the rocks and sand bed. I have only 2 inches of beach sand and a few granite rocks and my nitrate concentration is 0.2 ppm. 40 gallon tank was set up in February of this year and now has several fish, hermit crabs and shrimp. Just recently added light and macro algae to the sump. It did not lower the nitrates or phosphates. Might not have enough nitrates to grow it the stuff. But I will give it time before trying to lower levels.

 

[pledosophy]

One tank 5
Other tank 0
Other tank 140

I'm fine with all