Hospital Tank

[Alvi]

Can someone please suggest how to lower nitrates in a 55-gallon hospital tank? All other parameters are good. I have HOB power filter, two sponge filters, and perform 20% water change every other day. Thank you.

 

[ichthyogeek]

Larger water changes! All of that filtering power just means that nitrate just sits there waiting to be removed, either biologically through denitrification and nitrate uptake from algaes/plants, chemically through some sort of nitrate adsorber/absorber, or mechanically, through larger water changes.

 

[Alvi]

Thanks, is there any type of dosing other than Fritz zyme 9 that I have been doing that would help prolong the larger water changes?

 

[ichthyogeek]

You could just feed less. I'm under the impression that vodka/carbon dosing can reduce nitrates, as will turf filters, but to the best of my knowledge, I don't know of any dosing that reduces nitrates.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Add some sm pouch of chemiPure Elite. Will knock it right down

 

[Alenya]

Give the sponge filters a good squeeze out - should see nitrates drop after.

 

[Alvi]

You could just feed less. I'm under the impression that vodka/carbon dosing can reduce nitrates, as will turf filters, but to the best of my knowledge, I don't know of any dosing that reduces nitrates.

Thank you.

 

[Alvi]

Give the sponge filters a good squeeze out - should see nitrates drop after.

Thank you.

 

[Alvi]

Add some sm pouch of chemiPure Elite. Will knock it right down

Thank you. Do you know if I could use that without depleting the Coppersafe treatment?

 

[Alvi]

Thank you. Do you know if I could use that without depleting the Coppersafe treatment?

Never mind, I just looked at the site and it does remove copper. Thank you again.