MJ1980 Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 After putting my question on here last time I got great feed back about how to keep my nitrate down but after trying most products and ideas none have really worked! Shall I just get more live rock would this help...as my skimmer is good and am doing far too many water changes (30% twice a week). I want to push on and get more coral and fish but don't want it going tits up!! Any advice would be great. Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 More rock has the potential to help. Vodka dosing worked well for me in the past (can take months before you see results). A product by Brightwell Aquatics called NitratR is a resin that adsorbs nitrates very well from the water. You can also regenerate it very easily so you can use it over and over again as needed. Link to comment
MJ1980 Posted March 27, 2015 Author Share Posted March 27, 2015 Where is this place? I was told of this before. Cheers Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 http://brightwellaquatics.com/products/nitratrt.php<<<Product Information You can buy it from amazon.com depending on how much you will need for your water volume. Link to comment
arashsheikhpoor Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 maybe some chatoe? or other macro algae? Link to comment
ndrobey Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 A refugium with some type of algae such as chaeto will help as nutrient export. Link to comment
Jellyingabout Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I run a simple DIY nitrate filter. Just a canister full live rock rubble. The flow through is only a few drops per second. This quickly goes anoxic and starts ripping nitrate out of the system. Its like having the deepest parts of you live rock in a canister filter. It take a month to seed properly but once it has its brilliant! But don't worry too much about nitrates, 5ppm - 8ppm is fine. SPS can brown in nitrates higher than this but your LPS and softies will love it. Link to comment
MJ1980 Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Wow that's clever, don't think I could pull that off tho! Thanks again folks Link to comment
MrLang Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 You may want to look at your bio load and feeding regimen. The solutions you're asking for are temporary fixes to a bigger issue. Fix the root of the issue and you won't need to worry about nutrient export beyond a reasonable amount of water changes. Link to comment
MJ1980 Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 I've got my self more rock as don't think there is enough! Went off the lfs advice but I've seen tanks smaller with more rock! Thanks for the advice! ? Link to comment
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