0 nitrates

[Chiefmaster30]

Can anyone tell me how to get my nitrates up to 5ppm? Up until a couple months ago mine have been high in the 60-80 range but for the past 2 months I have gotten them to stay steady at 0. Isn't the ideal for reef tank 5ppm?

 

[tomtom2245]

You could feed more or dose some Spectracide stump remover, it's just potassium nitrate. If you do a quick search on here, there are a bunch of threads on it.

 

[tomtom2245]

Here you go:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/potassium-nitrate-spectracide-stump-remover-dosing-steps.215730/

 

[bif24701]

Can anyone tell me how to get my nitrates up to 5ppm? Up until a couple months ago mine have been high in the 60-80 range but for the past 2 months I have gotten them to stay steady at 0. Isn't the ideal for reef tank 5ppm?

How and what are you testing with? Can you verify the reading at LFS or a friends test kit?

 

[Ty Hamatake]

+1 on verification. That's a huge change in something that isn't super easy to get rid of. You may have a bad kit...

 

[nbagnardi]

Definitely get a second opinion lol. But if in fact they're 0, check this out.

http://mecoral.com/product/me-nitrate-no3-16-oz/

Marks products are amazing. Plus he's a good guy to talk to and get things straight. He'll flat out tell you if his products will help or not.

 

[ahiggins]

When I got a nitrate reactor, mine dropped from 50 to 0 within a month. Now I just feed my coral more often

 

[Chiefmaster30]

I'm testing with API for nitrates and salifert for phosphates.