rostervandross
Active Member
hello reef forum friends,
I'm trying to get serious about getting my nitrates down. There is not really any corals or fish suffering and my tank appears healthy as can be but it's gotten to the point that my api Nitrate test is maxed dark orange to red indicating 50-80 ppm and changing 30 gallons / 80 gallon total volume every week and a half to two weeks isn't doing anything for them and is expensive. has anyone been in my situation and gotten their nitrates down well using more advanced methods?
While there's not really any issues going on I still think I would likely get better coral growth with less nitrates and im always attempting to make the water as heathy and natural for the inhabitants as I can . I know nitrates are always going to be higher in our tanks than they should or would be in the ocean but I think I need to get them down to 10 or 20 ppm at most in any case. Thanks for any suggestions. I'm just indicisive on what to do
WRT biopellets I do not have a phosphate test, but I assume there are phosphates I do not run any media currently
I'm trying to get serious about getting my nitrates down. There is not really any corals or fish suffering and my tank appears healthy as can be but it's gotten to the point that my api Nitrate test is maxed dark orange to red indicating 50-80 ppm and changing 30 gallons / 80 gallon total volume every week and a half to two weeks isn't doing anything for them and is expensive. has anyone been in my situation and gotten their nitrates down well using more advanced methods?
While there's not really any issues going on I still think I would likely get better coral growth with less nitrates and im always attempting to make the water as heathy and natural for the inhabitants as I can . I know nitrates are always going to be higher in our tanks than they should or would be in the ocean but I think I need to get them down to 10 or 20 ppm at most in any case. Thanks for any suggestions. I'm just indicisive on what to do
WRT biopellets I do not have a phosphate test, but I assume there are phosphates I do not run any media currently