Reduce Nitrate need opinion.

jay2x · #1 10-01-2010, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by reefwars

Your diatoms and nitrates will go diwn in time if you do regular water changes and maintanance. You can still have corals with 20ppm just better for less. To get tozero and stay there you may need to take extra steps , take a look at the nitrate poll thread which was posted last week. My little tank has never hit zero I still have it fully stocked and everything does fine minus a few picky acro's lol

hmm..it's just so weird the it has high nitrates...I've reach 0 PPM when I had my 30g tank and it was stable...i guess i'll have to wait and see. do you know any corals that are not too sensitive to nitrates?

frd72 · #2 10-02-2010, 03:18 AM

I also have 75g, with 25g sump. What i did last time is almost 75% water change for almost a week until 0, then maintain maybe 10% water change every week. Then i also used NP biopellets. Works for me up to now. i overfeed sometimes, still 0.

ottoman · #3 10-02-2010, 04:50 AM

I run biopellets, Nitrate is near 0. But I found low nitrate is okay, zero may not be good for mixed reef because some corals like higher nitruent. My zoas growth is very very slow, unlike some other reefers.

jay2x · #4 10-02-2010, 05:11 AM

i'll try those methods.

is my light affecting it?? I have Coralife 48" Lunar AquaLight Fixture - 4 x 65W

whatcaneyedo · #5 10-02-2010, 06:21 AM

I've never heard of lighting causing an increase in nitrate. Not directly anyways. Occasionally someones lights blow up or catch on fire or something and kill much of what is in their tanks. Then what dies would breakdown into nitrate but thats a pretty extreme example.

What is your current water change schedule?

What brand/model of skimmer do you actually have? Don't trust what the manufacturer rates them for as they usually exaggerate. A properly matched skimmer should be able to bring your nitrates down to undetectable levels on its own.

jay2x · #6 10-02-2010, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

I've never heard of lighting causing an increase in nitrate. Not directly anyways. Occasionally someones lights blow up or catch on fire or something and kill much of what is in their tanks. Then what dies would breakdown into nitrate but thats a pretty extreme example.

What is your current water change schedule?

What brand/model of skimmer do you actually have? Don't trust what the manufacturer rates them for as they usually exaggerate. A properly matched skimmer should be able to bring your nitrates down to undetectable levels on its own.

coralife skimmer, 25%weekly.