Nitrate

[raghavsinghmba]

Any one plz suggest me how to control nitrate

 

[Diesel]

Water changes, Bio-pellets, Macro algae in a refugium, and all sort of secret bottles you can buy at the LFS that would reduce your No3.
May I ask how high is your No3?

 

[Untamedrose]

Regular water changes is kinda industry standard.

OVER bio filtration, Under stocked, and vodka treatments are the second.

Basically any way its done...you OUT put of filtration is greater then the input.

How bad we are talking helps.....

 

[raghavsinghmba]

Sir its above 80

 

[donnievaz]

Chaetomorpha in a refugium is very effective.

 

[Piranhapat]

I brought down my nitrates with vodka dosing. It took some time and slowly added a little each day after 3 months my levels are .05 and I have stop adding vodka. ESV just released a product to bring down nitrates and phosphate B- lonic Transition Elements.

https://reefbuilders.com/2015/09/24/esv-bionic-transition-elements/

 

[Waterjockey]

Any one plz suggest me how to control nitrate

Carbon dosing (vodka or vinegar or combo) works very well for me, and I feed heavily. I use a bubble magnus dosing pump, and once every couple of months I replace the gallon jug of vinegar and forget about it.

 

[beaslbob]

Any one plz suggest me how to control nitrate

nitrate consumers.

macro algae being the best.

 

[cjd]

Water changes with filtered RODI water. RODI with your top off water. Feed less. Good husbandry routine. Never use fish store water in your tank. Way back in the day I would buy something from my LFS and after acclimating to my water I would release their water in my water . I thought no problem their water is growing these beautiful corals it has to be perfect conditions. WRONG! Had a huge nitrate problem myself and when I tested their water for nitrates after buying something new , it was through the roof. Just something to consider.

 

[Jongalt26]

Aquamaxx (or Korallin) sulfur denitrator

 

[twilliard]

Reducing the organic input help more than you think

 

[raghavsinghmba]

All things r ok but need some different idea

 

[cjd]

we gave you all ideas? there is no magic potion . good husbandry , clean water , algae refugium, some form of carbon dosing. All work .What are you looking for?

 

[LEdwards]

How big is the sand in your display tank? I saw a video on YouTube by this guy that tried ALL kinds of stuff. Spent crazy amount on equipment trying to solve the problem and he ended up changing his sand because he had larger sand/crushed coral. He switched to the really fine stuff and his nitrates dropped! I have the same kind of large sand/crushed coral; and battling nitrates. Have been having to do 2 water changes a week! I'm slowly switching out sand.

 

[jsker]

I vacuum the sand when I do my weekly 10% water change and I run a small amount of bio pellets in a reactor. I feed heavy and I am find that this keeps the nitrates down. You can also dose Vodka, or vinegar.

 

[greg 45]

Look at Aquarium Engineering home page,
Then look at sulfur reactors.
Simple to use wont strip nitrates down to fast like bio pellets
Work faster than vodka
Set it and let it work

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

When using alcohols or diatomic acids (such as vinegar,) it is very important to keep the water input down. If you add 40% ethyl alcohol and 6% acidic acid, there is a large percentage for water that can react with the nitrates giving unwanted resonance structures.

- C. Smith

 

[Jongalt26]

For my former tank i used a remote deep sand bed which was very successful, inexpensive, easy to set up and virtually risk free. I switched to a sulfur reactor to save some space now though.

Can you tell us how you have your tank set up? Are you using bio balls or a sponge in your filter?

 

[blacktippr]

When using alcohols or diatomic acids (such as vinegar,) it is very important to keep the water input down. If you add 40% ethyl alcohol and 6% acidic acid, there is a large percentage for water that can react with the nitrates giving unwanted resonance structures.

- C. Smith

Please elaborate.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

When using alcohols or diatomic acids (such as vinegar,) it is very important to keep the water input down. If you add 40% ethyl alcohol and 6% acidic acid, there is a large percentage for water that can react with the nitrates giving unwanted resonance structures.

- C. Smith

Sorry, that makes no sense and is not useful advice.