Nitrate problem (possible cause)

cwwallis · Oct 5, 2024

Ok it never dawned on me till now that the return with not enough flow my be the cause of my issue I have a jeabo 3500 sine
It currently reads po 22 any idea what that is and what the correct reading should be.

splunty · Oct 6, 2024

cwwallis said:
Ok it never dawned on me till now that the return with not enough flow my be the cause of my issue I have a jeabo 3500 sine
It currently reads po 22 any idea what that is and what the correct reading should be.

cw

Please read carefully your other threads. Your nitrate test results are high because you have nitrites in the water column. Testing nitrates while you have nitrites in the water is pointless. The test results will read off the charts every time.

So the question is why you have high nitrites, high Phosphates, and measurable ammonia in your tank. I've already answered that as well as I can, and I might very well be wrong. But you should ask that question instead because chasing nitrates when you can't measure them is going to get you nowhere.

Chasing numbers in this hobby is hard enough -- but chasing the wrong number will just lead to frustration.