how to lower nitrates?

[calebsmith7]

Besides water changes, which i have done a few of and noticed no effects, how else can i lower nitrates? Will adding more ammonia or beneficial bacteria have effects on this? also, i have some bio balls in my filter, are those what are preventing my nitrate level from going down?

 

[sixty_reefer]

Besides water changes, which i have done a few of and noticed no effects, how else can i lower nitrates? Will adding more ammonia or beneficial bacteria have effects on this? also, i have some bio balls in my filter, are those what are preventing my nitrate level from going down?

What’s your phosphates and nitrates?

 

[calebsmith7]

my phosphates are .03 and my nitrates are 50

 

[paul01609]

Carbon dosing

 

[sixty_reefer]

my phosphates are .03 and my nitrates are 50

You could increase phosphates to 0.05 and dose nopox or tropic marine elemi-np

 

[calebsmith7]

Carbon dosing

whats that? And does my ChemiPure activated carbon packs in my filter have anything to do with my nitrate problem?

 

[paul01609]

Vodka,sugar,vinegar

 

[paul01609]

Make your own nopox search for diy nopox,you have a skimmer?
how old is the tank

 

[calebsmith7]

Make your own nopox search for diy nopox,you have a skimmer?
how old is the tank

Its been cycling for about a month and I dont have a skimmer. Also, if i didn't mention it, its a fluval evo five gallon tank.

 

[paul01609]

Tank it very young

 

[calebsmith7]

Tank it very young

?

 

[jabberwock]

Vodka,sugar,vinegar

Vodka, Ice, Olives
Sounds tastier...

 

[calebsmith7]

I dont think i'm going to do the dosing, but will stuff like more beneficial bacteria or changing out the bio balls help with lowering the nitrates?

 

[jabberwock]

I dont think i'm going to do the dosing, but will stuff like more beneficial bacteria or changing out the bio balls help with lowering the nitrates?

Hey, my post was a joke, don't put a martini in your tank.

 

[calebsmith7]

Hey, my post was a joke, don't put a martini in your tank.

Well shoot, I already dumped a jar of olives into my filtration system

 

[jabberwock]

Well shoot, I already dumped a jar of olives into my filtration system

LOL

I hope it was pimento stuffed and not blue cheese stuffed!

 

[jabberwock]

Your tank is very small. Nutrient export should be fairly easy with water changes. Most of the time, adding things to your tank is not the correct approach.

 

[Lavey29]

Simple weekly water changes is all you need to do with a new nano tank.

 

[jabberwock]

Simple weekly water changes is all you need to do with a new nano tank.

Agree. Another approach is daily micro water changes. Take out a red cup, and add a red cup of new water 5 days a week.

 

[PeterEde]

Nitrate concentration is directly related to water capacity.
I am not a favor of big drops in No3 since I did a 50% WC once and seems to have caused me weeks of issues.
A 10% WC will drop your No3 by 5ppm. A 20% WC will drop it by 10ppm

I just dropped my No3 from 60ppm to 40ppm over a number of days with 2x 20% WC.
On a small tank I think weekly WC are the go.