High nitrates help

[HAPPY-REEF]

Hello I really need help on lowering nitrates.
i own the fluval flex 32 so it's a all in one tank. I have the Hannah high nitrates checker and red sea marine test kit and they both read 20 ppm. I have done 80% water changes multiple times, I have purchase a skimmers and now I'm dosing vinegar at night. And I'm trying chemi pure? What else could I try? I really wanna lower this before adding coral.

 

[99gtbaby]

I wouldn’t worry over 20ppm. Mine usually run way higher than this and my tank is thriving

 

[aSaltyKlown]

How old is the tank, what is the livestock/feeding? 20ppm is not anything to worry about. Stop dosing and adding "fixes" find out why it is high, then take action. I aim for 15-20ppm.

 

[99gtbaby]

My nitrate was 60ppm the last time I checked it weeks ago. I have however started running macroalgium in my in-sump refugium, look into ways that you could add a refugium onto the tank you have.

 

[HAPPY-REEF]

It’s 4 months old and I have 2 clowns, 2 blue green chromic and blood shrimp and few crabs/ snails

 

[HAPPY-REEF]

My nitrate was 60ppm the last time I checked it weeks ago. I have however started running macroalgium in my in-sump refugium, look into ways that you could add a refugium onto the tank you have.

That’s a beautiful tank

 

[Jekyl]

What was it before you started changing your water? 80pct change from 20 would bring it down to 5

 

[99gtbaby]

That’s a beautiful tank

Thank you, surprisingly I’m pretty lazy with it, I do water changes at most once a week, i don’t vacuum my sand bed and I don’t dose it with anything either, I just feed my fish and corals and check my refugium. This tank is 10 years old tho, so eventually things do get easier to maintain.

 

[HAPPY-REEF]

What was it before you started changing your water? 80pct change from 20 would bring it down to 5

The red sea kit was the first checker I got and before it said 50ppm and then I did waters changes and I bought skimmer and then I got the Hannah checker and that says 20ppm and now also the red sea say 20ppm so I did bring it down a little. Just not sure what's the next move. Like I feed once a day now to help out the levels.

 

[HAPPY-REEF]

Thank you, surprisingly I’m pretty lazy with it, I do water changes at most once a week, i don’t vacuum my sand bed and I don’t dose it with anything either, I just feed my fish and corals and check my refugium. This tank is 10 years old tho, so eventually things do get easier to maintain.

Yeah I do a 10% weekly water change and I'm happy to say about 4 months straight. I'm surprise I haven't got lazy yet but I'm also new to the hobby

 

[ncjeepguy75]

When my nitrates get high, like pushing 20, I dose vinegar daily. I also run a refugium with chaeto and the light cycle is opposite the display tank.