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Any one with experience please help me . My tank is 7 month old, I added fish after the first month. all my fish are very very healthy and happy . ————————-Info—————————— So since month one my levels have been Ammonium 0.025 Nitrite. Nitrate Ph. 8.0-8.3...

So, I recently bought a 250ml bottle of Seachem Matrix. It says on the bottle that I should use the whole bottle for 25 Gallons of water. Currently, my water volume is about 13 Gallons. Can I use the whole bottle? Or should I follow the instructions? Also, in which part of the sump should I put...

Wanted to hear peoples thoughts on this. A few things to include in your post- Growth with 0 nitrate vs with nitrate Filters used in your sps tanks Parameters in your sps tanks Fish stocking and feeding regiment Thanks!

Am I doing something wrong or is API test kit being wonky? Did a 20% change and normally I always see the nitrate drop as it should. For the first time after my waterchange today, my nitrate didnt budge a bit. Is it because I didnt siphon the sand enough? Not enough CUC (I only have around ~5...

Need help on lowering my nitrate. The carpet anemone is on its way. My tank nitrate is a bit high. Can I do several water change in 2-3 days to lower nitrate? Nitrate lvl : 20ppm I forgot to check my nitrate recently. Any idea? I see many people use redsea No3PO4x but some thread said that...

So I heard GFO bag like this can strip Po4? What if I use this in conjunction with active carbon dosing, the likes of No3Po4x? OK or BAD idea?

recently picked up a nice canister filter for cheaper then it should have been couldn't pass it up , Now my question is can I turn the back of my biocube into a large refugium taking out all the media just running rubble rock or mud and a lot of chato and other moss. Then running all my media in...

Hello world! Ok so this is my situation: I have a 55g tank and a heavy stocked aquarium; because I cannot add at this moment a sump I am forced to consider all the (limited) options. I have been measuring the water quality for sometime now and I continue to have a bad problem with Nitrate and...

Ive been battling algae in a certain spot in my tank since I started this bad boy (6 months ago not including 3 month cycle). I call it algae, but I have absolutely no idea what this stuff is. Allow me to explain the best I can: This nuisance began growing after my initial cycle (I cycled...

As you can see in the title, that is my main question but, here is the background behind it: Up until last night, my main sps tank was a 40 gallon acrylic setup with sump and a Tunze Comline DOC 9004 DC skimmer. Worked great. I woke up yesterday morning to see a start of a 2” long separation in...

I've finished cycling my 40-gallon AIO reef tank and added five corals about a week ago. They are hardy species: two acans, one frogspawn, one leather and a fungia. All appear ok, and have eaten mysis when I target fed them. Ammonia and nitrite are zero, nitrate is 4 or 5, pH is about 8.2...

hello all Sorry if this article has been discussed before, it is being discussed in another forum and the first time I have seen it, I’m not scientifically qualified enough to critique it, your thoughts chaps...

So I am new and I am sure this question has been asked many times. Today I tested my water and everything looks good. Ammonia and Nitrite are at 0, Ph 8.2 and Alkalinity is at 10 dKh. My salinity is at 1.024. The problem is the nitrates. I measured a 20 ppm so I changed 30 gallons of water...

Question/concern on my nitrates. I have always had high nitrates in my tank. They range from 20-80, even when I was went fallow due to MV (just feeding a sun coral). I feel good when they stay at 20! Did a 8% water change yesterday and they were at 80 right after and 80 this morning. I'd like to...

Hello, Well I had some good luck and bad luck. My ARID finally arrived yesterday and my BPR's pump failed sometimes in the past three days. Good timing....kinda. * So, I'm going to be firing up the ARID this weekend, 4 weeks before going on vacation. I'm interested in comments about if I...

Hi Randy, and other Reef2Reefers. I have a problem that probably most reefers dream about having. I seem to have really low No3 and Po4 levels that I struggle to keep from bottoming out. I dose NoPox in a moderately stocked mixed reef 350 Reefer, at the level of 1.8ml daily, and maintain No3...

Hi to every reef tank lovers. I have a problem with my cycling. Maybe it’s not a problem, but I’ve always been at 0 nitrates, 0 nitrites and 0 ammonia. Don’t worry about the nitrates testing, I shaked the bottle really well. Here is my setup : - 80 gallons tank - 20 gallons sump - My...

Hey guys, Am wondering what are the solutions or ways you have tried to successfully reduce NO3? I have been doing frequent water changes but the Nitrate level still hovers around 60ppm. Tank has been running for 9 months now. Was thinking of adding in SeaChem Stability and SeaChem Matrix to...

Not exactly new to the hobby, but its been a while... Never had this issue before. 75 Gallon Das aquarium, Trigger system 26 sump, Reef Octopus 110ss skimmer, Microalgea refugium, and as of yesterday a Phosban 550 reactor. Dual T5 Lamps. I got a massive red/green algae outbreak. Nitrates went...

I have been battling high nitrates for a while now and my research has led me to sulfur reactors. My question is one derived from laziness and cheapness. Can I use an all purpose media reactor as a sulfur reactor? I recognize sulfur reactors require low flow, i have a t on my return pump with a...

Curious to see if anyone has photos of their progress with nutrient dosing. I see many threads of discussion of how to go about this but I have not seen too many discussions with photos of "improved coloration and growth" that many people claim. Please post your results. Thanks in advance!

It seems that the hobby drifts towards and then away from the ultra low range nutrients systems on a regular cycle. It leads the 'newbies' (of which I still believe I am one) to the incorrect initial conclusion that you need 0 Nitrates and 0 Phosphates. I have a mixed reef and endeavor to keep...

should I get a good nitrate test kit or a good phosphate test kit first? I would like to get both but I can only get one for right now.