Anyone used seachem prime on an established tank to lower nitrates? They were only around 10 but a few inverts have already died so I figured I’d try to get rid of it quick before it gets worse, and yes I’ve already done a water change. Just wondering how long to wait to retest to get an accurate reading
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Mastiffsrule
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Good evening
I use Prime when I mix new water for my tank. It doesn’t lower nitrates. Is more designed to remove chlorine and it detoxifies ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. So it just makes them non toxic to the fish. It will not remove anything. So if you have an ammonia problem you can does prime for a short term solution as it will bind ammonia for 48 hours I think. It will detoxifies Nitrate, but that’s not toxic to fish until it hits something like 400 or 500 ppm.
I would say something else is going on with the inverts. It’s not going to be the nitrates.
You check all the other parameters. We could start there to try and I figure out what’s up. Just to be sure there is no copper in the tank
I use Prime when I mix new water for my tank. It doesn’t lower nitrates. Is more designed to remove chlorine and it detoxifies ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. So it just makes them non toxic to the fish. It will not remove anything. So if you have an ammonia problem you can does prime for a short term solution as it will bind ammonia for 48 hours I think. It will detoxifies Nitrate, but that’s not toxic to fish until it hits something like 400 or 500 ppm.
I would say something else is going on with the inverts. It’s not going to be the nitrates.
You check all the other parameters. We could start there to try and I figure out what’s up. Just to be sure there is no copper in the tank
Mastiffsrule
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Hi,
Copper will not rise, it is something that could be introduced in a few different ways it is toxic to inverts. Let’s start few ?
What water source do u use, tap, Rodi, distilled
What is you salinity
Do you dose or add anything to the tank
How long have you had the tank
Which test kits do you have and have you measured everything, like ph, alk, ammonia would be my first along with the temp and salinity
What other guys do you have
We can narrow it down from here
Copper will not rise, it is something that could be introduced in a few different ways it is toxic to inverts. Let’s start few ?
What water source do u use, tap, Rodi, distilled
What is you salinity
Do you dose or add anything to the tank
How long have you had the tank
Which test kits do you have and have you measured everything, like ph, alk, ammonia would be my first along with the temp and salinity
What other guys do you have
We can narrow it down from here
Mastiffsrule
Where ever you go, there you are, so be nice 2 you
Numbers look good, I don’t see nitrate as the sources. Tanks been up a while wouldn’t think ammonia
Maybe a predator thing. Which inverts are you loosing and what invert and fish do you have.
Maybe a predator thing. Which inverts are you loosing and what invert and fish do you have.
Number of them honestly.
Hermits-Dwarf blue leg, zebra, and yellow tip
Snails-Turbo, trochus, margarita, astraea, nerite
Fish
Two bangaii
Two ocellaris clownfish about 4 months in tank
Coral beauty and golden head goby two months in the tank
Firefish, yellow tail damsel, yellow tang all bought in the last month
Hermits-Dwarf blue leg, zebra, and yellow tip
Snails-Turbo, trochus, margarita, astraea, nerite
Fish
Two bangaii
Two ocellaris clownfish about 4 months in tank
Coral beauty and golden head goby two months in the tank
Firefish, yellow tail damsel, yellow tang all bought in the last month
Mastiffsrule
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Sounds like you have a nice set up, can’t see anything in particular.
I have a problem keep astria snails. They die within a month of beings introduced. And mine tank has plenty of food. My last thought would be if they don’t have enough to eat, that may be it
Maybe someone else can stop by and give us an idea.
I have a problem keep astria snails. They die within a month of beings introduced. And mine tank has plenty of food. My last thought would be if they don’t have enough to eat, that may be it
Maybe someone else can stop by and give us an idea.
See I would think if anything I was starting to overfeed my fish, hence the small nitrate spike. Also, I have bought my last three fish all within probably the last two weeks which I was starting to worry might be to close together
Mjrenz
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The only things I'm thinking is that it's possible the hermits are killing each other and possibly the snails too. Do you have empty shells around the tank that they can choose from? Also, how often are you feeding?
I do have spare shells, now some of the bigger crabs( the ones that I’ve seen dead) might be getting close to the shell limit as far as size. I can get some bigger ones in there and see if that helps. And I feed once a day but various things depending on the day. I have frozen mysis and bring shrimp, and a omnivore shrimp mix all in cube form. ocean nutrition brand of formula one pellets, formula two flakes, and prime reef flakes. Omega one green algae on a clip. Again not everything is once a day. I Just mix it up
