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cory6776

cory6776

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my nitrates are at 40 right now does anyone know a good way to lower. them i already did a water change. i am getting ready to do another 5% water change in a few days. im just wondering cuz i want to get them lowered so i can start up and just get a frag to start up but i dont want to risk it til my waters better
 
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Your post is difficult to comprehend without proper punctuation. You may as well not use the space bar either.
 
FYI he is just a kid trying to learn, go easy on him.

I would add a skimmer, your dad mentioned the other day that you needed one. I think that will help a bunch.
 
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The skimmer will help alot. Make sure you aren't overfeeding and are rinsing the food (frozen). Macro algae will help export the nutrients out. Keep up with water changes and maybe run some carbon too.
 
im lookin for a skimmer and i dont have livestock i have a water change schedule i do 3 five percent water changes throughout the month usually on saturdays and at the end of the month a 20% water change i have carbon in my filter however i do not have macro algae
 
This sounds like a fairly new setup, is it? If so, it is going through its natural cycle and the levels will adjust by them self in time. How long has the tank been setup?
 
its been set up for a few weeks, my water is cycled cuz i used water from a different tank that may have had nitrate problems
 
Even if you used cycled water and live sand, tanks can still go through the cycle. My advice is to have patience. The water change schedule you have is great, stick to it and the levels will come down in the next couple weeks. Do you have live rock in the tank?

A skimmer is a great idea, but with no fish in the tank, your aren't feeding yet, so there isn't much to skim out right now. It will be a great addition in the future.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14202884#post14202884 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scorpiocasper
The skimmer will help alot. Make sure you aren't overfeeding and are rinsing the food (frozen). Macro algae will help export the nutrients out. Keep up with water changes and maybe run some carbon too.
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i never knew about rinsing frozen food.
 
Very little to add to the good advice already.

I hope you took no offense to the punctuation remark I made, I was actually hoping to get a lol response about not using the space bar. ithoughtthatwouldbefunny
 
If you want to lower trates faster then beef up the water changes. I would do a 10g change and then 4-5 gallon water changes weekly after that.

I have a 24g Nano and do 4-5 weekly and it has worked out great.
 
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wouldnt worry about the grammar police around here!...
most people can barely spell let alone worry about other people(')s grammar. (???)


i understand from your message
that you have high nitrates... water changes are a good place to start (more then 5%)... also vacuuming up any detritus that you see around the tank - run a filter sock for few days to catch any in the water column... might go out and purchase a POLY PAD which will absorb excess nutrients (and other toxic substances metals etc)... a poly pad is probably one of the best recoms - might be 5bucks a piece but after going thru a couple (rather quickly) after awhile they should last longer... even if you just run a few (exhausting them) that should help out your tank considerably being that it was just set up...

so using these in conjunction w/ water changes
should help your system out considerably!... good luck you have an early start (as young person) into an AWESOME hobby!

regards
 
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