Help...Nitrate always HIGH

[Darren in Tacoma]

The short answer is less fish, more filtration.

 

[sfin52]

Why worry about it your tank is thriving.

 

[schooncw]

The first Brightwell experiment w 3 large blocks was a disaster, as they messed up production and did not harden it correctly. They gave me 3 new ones but they were also fragile. The MP blocks were much more hardy but took them out after several months. I experienced no denitrification with either product.

 

[schooncw]

Why worry about it your tank is thriving.

It is thriving but I would still like the nitrates to come down. I know my limitations, as to what will tolerate nitrate and would like to have a tad more diversity, some LPS but not unless the nitrate comes down.

 

[sfin52]

It is thriving but I would still like the nitrates to come down. I know my limitations, as to what will tolerate nitrate and would like to have a tad more diversity, some LPS but not unless the nitrate comes down.

I have have sps and lps nems in nitrates as high as yours and phosphates at 0.25.

 

[Cory]

Most likely your short on phosphates. Id use algae based filtration with high powered grow led.

 

[schooncw]

I have have sps and lps nems in nitrates as high as yours and phosphates at 0.25.

I am not comfortable introducing euphyllia with nitrate being off the chart.

 

[14 foot reef]

I will get a new test kit and see before doing anything drastic.

still wondering about use of bio brick ....anybody use them?

Did you ever pick up a Nyos nitrate test kit and retest your nitrates ?

 

[DaddyFish]

What did you think about the pellets? Nopox does nothing for me, except tick of my leathers

The problem I had with biopellets is they do work, but the slimy residue they create (bacterial) can stop up almost anything. I can see where having the biopellet reactor output just ahead of a big skimmer would work, but I was trying to output it back into the tank and catch it on the next filtration cycle. Bad idea!