high nitrate

[macci]

Hey all I need some help please. I have a nano tank and been set up around a month I have some lr and a clown fish . I test water evrey day ammonia is 0 no2 is 0 but no3 is 25mg/l I make 15 percent water change yesterday and 30 percent today tonight I check and still 25 mg/l I bigin to wry noy they dobt go down

Thanks

 

[Pete polyp]

I think your cycle isn't complete yet. Give it time.
Stop with the water changes

 

[macci]

Do no3 goes down alone?

 

[Pete polyp]

The live rock will reducesome nitrate. Nitrate is a part of the nitrogen cycle just like ammonia and nitirite.

Can you give more details about your system? Sandbed depth? Equipment? Amount of live rock?

 

[Dalmatia]

I agree 110%, stop freaking out!! It's only a bit of nitrate. My brother can't get his nitrates under 40ppm and has just about every coral and invert thriving!
Not saying nitrates are good but nothing to worry over unless it gets in the red (40ppm+)
Listen to Pete, he's got good advice for you

 

[macci]

Yes sure I have 60 letters nano tank ( I already buy a 600 ltrs tank but gonna set it up next year when I move to my new home so I decide to make a nano tank to lean from it) I have bed rock. I have nano skimmer internal filter I am gonna instal an external one asswell around 2 kg of live rock and 3000 waver and a clown fish

 

[Dalmatia]

Yes sure I have 60 letters nano tank ( I already buy a 600 ltrs tank but gonna set it up next year when I move to my new home so I decide to make a nano tank to lean from it) I have bed rock. I have nano skimmer internal filter I am gonna instal an external one asswell around 2 kg of live rock and 3000 waver and a clown fish

It would be cheaper and easer to learn form a 55g or a 75g, less room for errors and more room for beginners mistakes.
One wrong move in a nano and most likely you'll kill it off instead of give your self a bit of time to fix it

 

[Pete polyp]

It would be cheaper and easer to learn form a 55g or a 75g, less room for errors and more room for beginners mistakes.
One wrong move in a nano and most likely you'll kill it off instead of give your self a bit of time to fix it

Good advice!. People don't realize the smaller it is the harder it can be to care for. I always suggest a 55 or 75 for a beginner tank.

 

[macci]

Mmm thats my 1st mistkae I will onky but 3 fish in there and some soft corals then

 

[VicD81]

Wow that is a small tank to start out with. It can be done just requires more care. What kind of substrate and LR do you have? If your substrate is coarse like crushed coral you have be harboring nitrates in there. Most beginners tend to overfeed and all that food just gets trapped in the substrate. Also make sure your LR is nice and pours to house all the beneficial bacteria. you mentioned bed rock what did you mean by that? Maybe a picture of your setup would help.

 

[Dalmatia]

Wow that is a small tank to start out with. It can be done just requires more care. What kind of substrate and LR do you have? If your substrate is coarse like crushed coral you have be harboring nitrates in there. Most beginners tend to overfeed and all that food just gets trapped in the substrate. Also make sure your LR is nice and pours to house all the beneficial bacteria. you mentioned bed rock what did you mean by that? Maybe a picture of your setup would help.

That's right!! More pores your rock is the more surface area you give to bb