My nitrates will not go down.

[Aidanwolf]

Sure i have a 29 gallon corallife biocube with 180watt leds about 15 pounds of live rock, 2 inch sand bed wich i vaccum all the time i also use a turkey pastor to blow the ditritus out of the rocks. The biocube skimmer wich isnt the best but better than nothing, stock biocube pump,a 500 gph power head. Filter floss, carbon bag and purigen.

 

[cmcoker]

Sure i have a 29 gallon corallife biocube with 180watt leds about 15 pounds of live rock, 2 inch sand bed wich i vaccum all the time i also use a turkey pastor to blow the ditritus out of the rocks. The biocube skimmer wich isnt the best but better than nothing, stock biocube pump,a 500 gph power head. Filter floss, carbon bag and purigen.

How often are you changing the floss?

 

[Aidanwolf]

Also the stock bioballs that i rinsed a while back because of the nitrates.

 

[Aidanwolf]

I change the floss once a week.

 

[cmcoker]

Also the stock bioballs that i rinsed a while back because of the nitrates.

I'd remove these, the live rock should be enough to house your bacteria.

 

[Ouscazz]

First off, get rid of the filter floss. Or change it every day.
You don't want to have anything that can possibly trap detritus.

 

[Aidanwolf]

Okay I will remove the bioballs, I just have them in there to stop the water fall sound effect.

 

[Aidanwolf]

Lol it is funny how nothing is for sure in this hobby, some say bioballs are good some say they are nitrates factorys.

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

There is a reason why they call them nitrate balls

 

[Aidanwolf]

Lol

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

There okay in a wet dry filter with tons of flow

 

[Aidanwolf]

I dont think biocubes have to much flow.

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

That's a problem poop gets stuck in it.

 

[Aidanwolf]

Yeah I am currently trying to build a media basket and fugium for it, my first try was unsuccessful but I am going to try again soon

 

[Ouscazz]

What is your PO4 reading?

 

[Aidanwolf]

I checked a couple days ago and can't remember but it was really low

 

[Ouscazz]

I checked a couple days ago and can't remember but it was really low

That could be the answer to your problem with NO3. If PO4 is to low, you'll have no reduction of NO3.
There must be a balance between the two nutrients, search Google for "Redfield ratio reef tank".

 

[Aidanwolf]

Okay will do

 

[Aidanwolf]

My phosphates last time i checked them where around the recommended ppm.

 

[Aidanwolf]

The corallife stock pump is 265 gph. I somebody said they would recommend a 300gph pump, would that really help much.