High Nitrates!!!

[TristanBara1273!!]

My Nitrates are really high at the moment and i’m going to get my first fish tomorrow because my tank is fully cycled and i’m wondering if some tap water conditioner will solve the problem

 

[ZombieEngineer]

Won't help. Nitrate reducing bacteria takes a really long time to colonize a tank, so your only options to remove it early on are

- let algae grow and manually remove it or even better cheato in a refugium to export it.
- water changes

An older tank can also use carbon dosing, but thats not something I would recommend that a beginner attempt, and even experienced reefers wait months into a tank before doing that.

 

[Clownreef]

Nothing is going to fix it fast. How high are we talking?

 

[TristanBara1273!!]

Nothing is going to fix it fast. How high are we talking?

100 range

 

[TristanBara1273!!]

Won't help. Nitrate reducing bacteria takes a really long time to colonize a tank, so your only options to remove it early on are

- let algae grow and manually remove it or even better cheato in a refugium to export it.
- water changes

An older tank can also use carbon dosing, but thats not something I would recommend that a beginner attempt, and even experienced reefers wait months into a tank before doing that.

i’ve done a partial water change today about 10%

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

My Nitrates are really high at the moment and i’m going to get my first fish tomorrow because my tank is fully cycled and i’m wondering if some tap water conditioner will solve the problem

Water change

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

i’ve done a partial water change today about 10%

LARGE water change. If your NO3 was 100, your 10% WC only reduced it to 90...

 

[Clownreef]

i’ve done a partial water change today about 10%

Thats like throwing a spitball at a tank.

i wouldn’t add anything. What’s in the tank? How old?

 

[TristanBara1273!!]

LARGE water change.

how large??? wont that affect my beneficial bacteria

 

[TristanBara1273!!]

Thats like throwing a spitball at a tank.

i wouldn’t add anything. What’s in the tank? How old?

nothings in the tank and the tank is 2 weeks old

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

how large??? wont that affect my beneficial bacteria

BB is not in the water, it's in the rocks, sand, and media

 

[TristanBara1273!!]

BB is not in the water, it's in the rocks, sand, and media

ohhh so how big like 50 percent? or less

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

how large??? wont that affect my beneficial bacteria

How large depends on when you're adding fish... If it's really tomorrow, them 50% is not out of the question.

 

[AydenLincoln]

My Nitrates are really high at the moment and i’m going to get my first fish tomorrow because my tank is fully cycled and i’m wondering if some tap water conditioner will solve the problem

How old is the tank? You can do a water change and add bacteria for ammonia and just a protector but it probably means the tank isn’t completely cycled yet.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

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[TristanBara1273!!]

How large depends on when you're adding fish... If it's really tomorrow, them 50% is not out of the question.

i don’t have enough water to do a 50% but i could postpone my fish getting to monday

 

[Clownreef]

Two weeks? There’s no bacteria there. Sorry. I wouldn’t add anything

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

How old is the tank? You can do a water change and add bacteria but it probably means the tank isn’t completely cycled.

Bottled bacteria will do nothing to remove nitrates

 

[ZombieEngineer]

i’ve done a partial water change today about 10%

You need a much bigger one than that if you want to make a serious dent in it. 50% is doable if you don't have fish yet. Won't harm your biological filter.

If you leave them where they are at, it's perfectly safe for fish. I believe 500ppm is the toxicity point of nitrate. You will just grow a *hitton of algae at 100ppm.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

How old is the tank? You can do a water change and add bacteria but it probably means the tank isn’t completely cycled yet.

If there is no ammonia and some nitrates, the tank is cycled for the current bioload