Denny
Nitrates in our tank have usually hovered in the 5 to 10 range since we added a couple large tangs, past few months. We were close to 0 before that when the load was light. We just have a cheap API test kit for nitrates but had it checked at the LFS as well, read the same so we didn't upgrade the test kit yet. When we changed over from the C-Balance to the Tailored Aquatics DKH plus(with nitrate destroyer) they are now back down to 0, and it happened very quickly.
Question now is, how do I get the nutrients in the tank back up quickly and will this just cause more problems? With corals dying off, should I be running carbon?
Trying to keep the changes slow but it's been well over a week now and things have not stopped getting worse. If the tissue loss would just stop I would know I'm on the right track.
Thanks for your response, much appreciated. It's hard to sit here and watch this happen when we don't know how to fix.
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