nitrate

So Im in the middle of cycling my tank with fish in it. Checking the water parameters it seems like the nitrites and ammonia are very high, which obviously it’s supposed to happen, but it seems like it’s really not going down. Is it possible to do a 50% to 75% water change in the middle of...

What is the actual cause of green hair algae? I have read so many differing opinions on this. Maybe its all of the below: 1) high nitrates 2) high phosophates 3) Out of balance nitrates and phosophates (redfield ratio) 4) high silicates 5) Not enough CUC 6) Too much light 7) All of above 8)...

I am new to saltwater aquariums. I started my tank a week ago and did a water test yesterday. My nitrate levels are at 20 I have no fish in it yet. I was wondering if this is a problem or if it would even itself out.

Hello. I would like know your experience dousing nopox when you have uv sterilizer and ozone, it have some problem or maybe or know if the ozone and uv reduce the nopox effect That is because i have the two systems and i start yo use nopox but the nitrates level doesnt star to be reduced

Hey, just got my first ATI test results back. I have had some SPS dying back over time that were previous encrusting and thriving. I'm concerned about some of the pollutants in the tank that showed up on the test and have taken steps to fix those issues, but I am wondering if low phosphates can...

Hello!!! im trying reduce nitrates in my tank because it are between 50-100 ppm. i stoped to use carbon dosing because i had a bloom of ostreopsis, currently i Have controlled the ostreopsis with a uv Lamp but i can see some in the aragonite. My algae scrubber doesent wroug and my...

Hey, So I was in the process of setting up an auto doser for nitrates. Long story short, I took my dogs out and completely forgot the doser was on when I returned. If my math is correct my nitrates will be around 32ppm. Before this accident nitrates were at 2.5ppm. Would you guys suggest...

Hi all, I just finished up week 6 of our cycle but am still detecting nitrites at around 1ppm (using salifert test kit. I have no ammonia, or very little, according to salifert ammonia test kit) but my nitrates have risen from 5ppm on August 5th to around 30-35ppm now. Nitrites have...

Yeah the title sums it up. Phosphate was 0.7 so I used GFO and nopox to get it down to zero. Got dino, let the tank dirty out for months fed food, skimmer offline. Dino went away and now I have 25 nitrate and zero phosphate. Luckily I only have a couple of softies in the tank so nothing too...

I was surprised there wasn't a post about this already, but we finally have some more details about the Mastertronic! I'm a big fan of my Alkatronic and really want a auto tester for Nitrate and Phosphate, so this is def on my radar. It'll be interesting to see how they price it relative to...

Ive been reading mixed things about this topic. What do you guys think?

I often wonder how wild reefs are able to grow and thrive with such low levels of dissolved nutrients - namely nitrates and phosphates. I have an SPS/Acropora dominant tank and I maintain KNO3 solution on a dosing pump just to keep the corals alive - I try to maintain nitrates up to 5ppm...

LoudWolf Sodium Nitrate: http://www.loudwolf.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=69&products_id=158 Tank: 167g Nitrate: ~1 (red sea) Phosphate: .06 (Hanna) dKH: 9.1 - 9.4 (Hanna, Red Sea, Alkatronic) pH: 8.0 - 8.2 (Milwaukee probe/Apex) I've been upping feedings and reducing...

So - a recent thread reminded me of a question - how often do people clean their skimmer neck/cup. I do not do it regularly - and it tends to have a thick coating of 'gunk'. I always wondered if that was putting bad stuff 'back' into the tank - though I dont think it does. Answer the poll -...

I'm not able to keep measurable levels of NO3 despite trying more feeding and fewer water changes. I've been dosing Brightwell Aqauatics NeoNitro with some sucess, but the consumption continues at about 0.5 ppm/day as far as adding the nitrogen supplement. I have a light population of small...

I am having an issue with high nitrates in my reef and I am trying to lower them. It was round 100 about 3 weeks ago. I changed my filters and resin on my RODI and have 0 TDS. I did a 30% water change. I also cleared out some old sponges and detritus that was in my sump. That brought my...

Hello! Over the years this has been one of my favorite subjects. A while back I noticed my tanks doing a lot better with more NO3 than PO4. When the NO3 matched the PO4 on the lower side the tank begin to grow hair algae in the sump, and dark brown algae on the rocks, overflow box, sand-bed...

As title states I have an imbalance, I’ve been dosing 3/4 vinegar and 1/4 vodka for about a year an a half with great success other than having a small imbalance. I’ve been going fallow for over a month now and after adjusting my dosing I’ve leveled out at 0 no3 and .o2-.03 po4. What is the best...

I know...I have a problem. I was organizing my supply cabinet and realized I have clearly accumulated more test kits than should ever be necessary. BUT it has been helpful having everything I need at arms reach, and the ease of use of these kits has caused me to test consistently, which I’m...

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Excuse my ignorance but is potassium nitrate or sodium nitrite better for dosing N03? If you could explain your answer too please since I’m not a chemist ;)

So i just stumbled upon a video on youtube about why nitrates and phosphates are good for the corals in your tank and it made me realise it could be true. My tank had high nitrates like really high above 80. My corals were doing not so well in that range so i started doing alot of water changes...

So I added an Aussie Elegance Coral to my tank a week ago now that I purchased from Austin Aqua Farms. On the first day I'd say it opened about 75% of the way. However, ever since I haven't seen it open any more than say 20%, and close entirely into its skeleton at night. I have it placed on...

My tank is reading Nitrates around 1 and Phosphates 0.04. The tank looks fine corals healthy and colourful, cheato is growing in refugium nicely, (hair algae in there too :( ) Should I take it as a false negative ie the cheato is using all the nitrates or would I need to increase it slightly...

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