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12-12-2012, 03:45 AM
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I don't hold much faith in hagen test kits, and I haven't had good luck with api
You may get better results from salifert, red sea or elos 
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12-20-2012, 03:20 AM
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I think with 3 seperate test kits all giving my the same results its safe to say the nitrates go from 0 to 15ppm in 7 days.
Another week has gone by with the same results. I would have thought by now that I would at least be seeing a reduction in the amount of nitrate I am reading. Any other suggestions?
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72g bowfront, t5. 29g JBJ nano cube, ATI 26HD. Livestock: clown fish, chromis, coral beauty. Corals: Toadstool, maze brain, candy cane, mushrooms (purple & green hairy), button polyps, green zoas, GSP.
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12-20-2012, 07:17 PM
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Other than blasting the rock in your tub with a decent powerhead, and rinsing/swishing it really well during your WCs, I think you'll just have to wait it out
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02-22-2013, 01:49 AM
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18 weeks and counting. Still no changes. The rock doesn't appear to bed purging any detrius and nitrates climb to 15 ppm each week. I'm still doing the weekly 100% water changes. Is it possible that I need to do smaller water changes so the right bacteria can balance everything out?
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72g bowfront, t5. 29g JBJ nano cube, ATI 26HD. Livestock: clown fish, chromis, coral beauty. Corals: Toadstool, maze brain, candy cane, mushrooms (purple & green hairy), button polyps, green zoas, GSP.
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02-22-2013, 02:07 AM
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The bacteria live in the rock, not the water column, so you may keep on changing as you were
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02-22-2013, 02:13 AM
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Would an environment with high nitrates lead to an increase in bacteria that break down nitrates? Is it possible for my rock to be low in that bacteria?
I guess I will keep on and hope that one day the rock is usable.
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72g bowfront, t5. 29g JBJ nano cube, ATI 26HD. Livestock: clown fish, chromis, coral beauty. Corals: Toadstool, maze brain, candy cane, mushrooms (purple & green hairy), button polyps, green zoas, GSP.
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02-22-2013, 02:32 AM
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You're not going to have denitrifying bacteria growing in your rock as they only 'live' in an anerobic environment ( like a deep sand bed )
All you can do is keep removing the nitrates through water changes Did you buy this LR from another reefer, or was it a new shipment from a LFS ?
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02-22-2013, 02:56 AM
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I had a sick coral and was battling high nitrates in my tank. So I pulled this rock out along with enough water to start a small tank to house just the coral to see if that was the source. It was the source. I was doing massive water changes to keep nitrates down. Now my tank has zero nitrates, the coral is gone, and I'm trying to save the rock.
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72g bowfront, t5. 29g JBJ nano cube, ATI 26HD. Livestock: clown fish, chromis, coral beauty. Corals: Toadstool, maze brain, candy cane, mushrooms (purple & green hairy), button polyps, green zoas, GSP.
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02-22-2013, 03:08 AM
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If the rock is loaded with garbage, phosphate etc throw it in an acid bath. It will clean the rock spic-n-span however you won't have live rock when your done. In some cases I can see doing an acid bath to have it 100% clean and then seed the rock fresh. You know then what your getting from the rock.
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