CornishCrustyCorals
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A little background on my tank
Tanks always been high nitrates and over the past year its gone slowly from 10ppm to 100.
Phosphates were always around 1 but after using gfo that's now down to 0.1
So I recently replaced the return pump and when I put the new faster and larger pump on lots of decaying old food was blasted out. Must have been in the pipework.
So I assume that's where the problem was and why it was rising, also added a new skimmer as old one was getting less productive.
So nitrates still high I started to dose quantum nitrate remover, I imagine it's the same as nopox. I followed the instructions and probably 12 hours after first dose my waters cloudy. Not to the point I can't see through the water just to the point I could notice it. Second dose tonight and it's gone more cloudy. I can see it coming out of my drain and getting sucked into the skimmer which is good I've have a lot of surface movement and fish look fine.
Could it just be it binding to the nitrate. Should I reduce the amount I put in. Currently 6ml to every 100ltrs as directed if the tank has higher than 60ppm Nitrates.
I've set the skimmer to really wet as I want it to pull as much out as possible. Should I do a water change now or wait 3 more days for my normal schedule.
Appreciate any thoughts or suggestions
Tanks always been high nitrates and over the past year its gone slowly from 10ppm to 100.
Phosphates were always around 1 but after using gfo that's now down to 0.1
So I recently replaced the return pump and when I put the new faster and larger pump on lots of decaying old food was blasted out. Must have been in the pipework.
So I assume that's where the problem was and why it was rising, also added a new skimmer as old one was getting less productive.
So nitrates still high I started to dose quantum nitrate remover, I imagine it's the same as nopox. I followed the instructions and probably 12 hours after first dose my waters cloudy. Not to the point I can't see through the water just to the point I could notice it. Second dose tonight and it's gone more cloudy. I can see it coming out of my drain and getting sucked into the skimmer which is good I've have a lot of surface movement and fish look fine.
Could it just be it binding to the nitrate. Should I reduce the amount I put in. Currently 6ml to every 100ltrs as directed if the tank has higher than 60ppm Nitrates.
I've set the skimmer to really wet as I want it to pull as much out as possible. Should I do a water change now or wait 3 more days for my normal schedule.
Appreciate any thoughts or suggestions
