No3 problem

[Aj ibrahim]

Hi all
I have a big time issue with my tank nitrate
It's always high everything else is perfect
Except my nitrate it's always high
I have a ceramic ring live rock and refugium for filtration
I have used biopellet reactor and no3po4
I change water
I feed my fish once a day just enough
Nothing happened
All the brown Algae have gone from my display tank
But the dang nitrate still there
I'm about to gave up
I do not need solution I need a reason why my nitrate are so high
I'm really frustrated now thinking about crashing my tank unless you have something that would gave me hope

 

[CoralNerd]

What does your n03 test at?
Hey what's ceramic ring live rock?
Size of tank and fish?

 

[theMerchant]

You should post more details.
How old is the tank, rock
What is the reading from all your parameters?
What test kit are you using?
Have you tried a differnt test kit?

 

[Aj ibrahim]

What does your n03 test at?
Hey what's ceramic ring live rock?
Size of tank and fish?

My nitrate test it's 100 salifert test kit and 80 API
Sorry I meant ceramic rings and live rock
50 gallon

 

[Aj ibrahim]

You should post more details.
How old is the tank, rock
What is the reading from all your parameters?
What test kit are you using?
Have you tried a differnt test kit?

One year last upgrade 3 months remove bioball change the scammer
I change water every week everything is perfect and I use Red Sea bro salt
Yes I have two different test kit

 

[Adam113]

One year last upgrade 3 months remove bioball change the scammer
I change water every week everything is perfect and I use Red Sea bro salt
Yes I have two different test kit

No such thing as perfect. What are your other parameters?

 

[Aj ibrahim]

I am sorry I forgot to mention I have five fish two clowns one blueberry goby fish yellow watchman Goby one juvenile yellow tang a boxing shrimp and 2 anemone

 

[CoralNerd]

Sounds like you don't have any bacteria to gobble up the nitrates. You have a functioning skimmer?

 

[Aj ibrahim]

No such thing as perfect. What are your other parameters?

Temperature 80 c
Salinity 1023
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
The big confusion phosphate 10
Ph 8.2
Cal 460

 

[Aj ibrahim]

Sounds like you don't have any bacteria to gobble up the nitrates. You have a functioning skimmer?

Sorry I didn't get that one gobble up the nitrates ???
And yes I do have functioning scammer

 

[CoralNerd]

Your spell checker is going off "scammer"
You removed your bio balls, have you reintroduced some bacteria to reseed the tank?
It's wierd your nitrates are that high.
Have you also thought about carbon dosing with Vodka? Good bacteria would then eat the no3 and no4.

 

[Aj ibrahim]

Your spell checker is going off "scammer"
You removed your bio balls, have you reintroduced some bacteria to reseed the tank?
It's wierd your nitrates are that high.
Have you also thought about carbon dosing with Vodka? Good bacteria would then eat the no3 and no4.

yup it does
Yes sir I add some bacteria when I remove the bioball
I thought no3po4 it's a lot better than vodka

 

[CoralNerd]

Vodka or other carbons feed the good bacteria. Did you turn your skimmer off when you added bacteria? Try seeding it again.

 

[morpheas]

Phosphate is 10ppm? What are you feeding? And what does it mean "I feed my fish once a day just enough". How much of what? Your numbers suggest that the export methods are inefficient or your import is way too much. As you mentioned, before any solutions are suggested the root of the problem needs to be diagnosed.

Also, what skimmer do you have? How much rock and how much of those ceramic rings? Any other filtration media/export methods (fuge, biopellets etc)?

Forgot to ask, is this a fish only or do you have corals? Any specific reason you want to bring down nitrates? Or are they just too high?

 

[Aj ibrahim]

Vodka or other carbons feed the good bacteria. Did you turn your skimmer off when you added bacteria? Try seeding it again.

I'm using biopellet and no3po4x shoulder more than enough
What do you suggest for a bacteria ?

 

[psirex]

Did you siphon out the area that housed the bio-balls.

 

[Aj ibrahim]

Phosphate is 10ppm? What are you feeding? And what does it mean "I feed my fish once a day just enough". How much of what? Your numbers suggest that the export methods are inefficient or your import is way too much. As you mentioned, before any solutions are suggested the root of the problem needs to be diagnosed.

Also, what skimmer do you have? How much rock and how much of those ceramic rings? Any other filtration media/export methods (fuge, biopellets etc)?

Forgot to ask, is this a fish only or do you have corals? Any specific reason you want to bring down nitrates? Or are they just too high?

Yes sir last time I checked it was 10 PPM and it confused me too
I meant I feed them enough to do not have any left over in one minute
I feed them thera+a omega one marine flakes dry Algae sheet soaked in garlic guard
I have about 4 pound of lava rock I don't say remember how many ceramic rings I have
Skimmer ismacro awn-20
Also I have refugium

 

[Aj ibrahim]

Did you siphon out the area that housed the bio-balls.

Yeah I did

 

[Aj ibrahim]

Forgot to ask, is this a fish only or do you have corals? Any specific reason you want to bring down nitrates? Or are they just too high?

I want the nitrate go down so I could add corals

 

[Tokash23]

did you mean 40pounds of rock? Are you using a sand bed how deep? Ill agree with what was stated above your nutrient export is flawed somewhere. Does the skimmer work well thick black junk or mostly clear? Also just one other question are the high nitrates causing problems in the tank? I know you said the brown algae was mostly gone, but IMO if it doesnt seem to be causing any real issues let it ride.