nitrate

  1. Enigma84

    Alternatives to sodium nitrate dosing now

    Hi to you all. I am from the UK and have used a 500g tub of sodium nitrate for the last 3-4 years to increase nitrate concentration when needed. That tub did me well, but now it's running out and I need a replacement. Try as I may, none of the companies that offered this for sale are still...
  2. DesktopDiver

    Fighting to raise phosphate levels

    I can NOT get phospates above 0.01. I like to do a water change at 20 for the nitrates, but would it be ok to leave for a few days to see if phosphates go up any further? I think there's enough live food and algae in the tank for the crabs and fish to eat, so I could hold off on feeding for a...
  3. connormoon

    Nano Build 9gal nitrate issues

    So I cycled this tank recently and did a 50% water change followed by a 70% water change then left it a week and checked the levels again ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 100after both 50% and 70% so did a 80% last night checked the nitrate this morning still sky high for back story fluval flex 34L...
  4. Guiids

    How to drastically lower phosphate?

    Hello everyone! I hadn't checked my phosphate in a while and started growing large amounts of (hair?) algae, see video. I checked and it's sky high! A few qs: Where do we think this is coming from? I make my own RO water, could the filters be spent? I'm replacing today. How can I massively...
  5. lil sumpin

    New York Testing Dry Goods Hanna Checkers

    I have: HI713 Phosphate LR $35 HI781 Marine Nitrate LR $35 HI758 Marine Calcium (ppm) $40 Need reagent Take all for $100. Located in NYC, shipping will run $10-15 depending on where
  6. S

    Dry Goods SOLD Full Set of Hanna Test Kits - $325 shipped

    **SOLD** Full set of Hanna Electronic Test Kits. Set of 8. Used for roughly 6 months. Work and look perfectly. All reagents are current with at least a year before expiration besides the Calcium Checker which includes 0 reagents. They expired last month. This entire kit would retail for over...
  7. G

    High Nitrate

    I have 3-year-old 20 gallon nano with mixed LPS and SPS. About 6 months ago, my tank was matured to the point that 0 nitrate and 0 phosphate can be read with my Hanna checker. Then, I had a crash (probably due to the low nutrients and low iodine) and quite a few torches and hammers died. After...
  8. I

    Water change?

    Hi everyone I just tested my tank last night my ammonia was 0.45 and my nitrate was 20.5 also just had fish in it for about a week. I was planning on doing my first weekly water change on friday. Do you think I should do it sooner?
  9. A

    Cycle

    Hello I’ve been cycling my 40 gallon tank for more than 2 weeks. My ammonia has been around 0.25 for the past few days while my nitrite has been 0. My nitrates is 2.5 and it’s slowly going up 0.1-0.3 everyday. Is my tank ready for fish and should I do a water change?
  10. J

    Nitrates tested high day after a water change but fine days later

    So as the title says I did about a 20% (5 gallons) water change last Sunday and tested nitrates on Monday. They came out around 13.9ppm which was very surprising because that was slightly higher than they were before the water change. I left it at that for a few days and tested again and came...
  11. K

    California Dry Goods Selling a new Trident NP with Reagent

    Selling my new Trident NP with reagent. Passed the 30 days so I can't return it. I was going to set it up but I decided to hold off for now since I'm going to be out of town for work for a few months. See picture below. Message me if interested. Selling it for $650 shipped.
  12. baktabiznis

    Dosing Nitrates & Phosphate remover in ATO water

    Has anyone put nitrates and or phosphate remover in their ato water/container? I’m currently using gfo but I can’t get my phosphates low enough, I have some algae starting to grow on the rocks. Also, nitrates won’t budge… I’m not home enough to continuously feed although I do have a auto...
  13. W

    What type of algae am I dealing with here?

    Hi, I’ve recently noticed this type of algae growing on my rock work and sand bed but I’m having issues identifying it. I has am appearance of bryopsis however looking under the microscope it doesn’t appear to look like it, I’ve also ruled out green hair algae as I have dealt with it before and...
  14. A

    How do I fix my fishless cycling error?

    Disclaimer: This is my first Saltwater Aquarium, I’ve only had freshwater before this. I recently picked up a 32g biocube from Facebook marketplace. I used treated tested tap (very clean water supply, reviewed water quality reports, de-chlorinated. I WILL BE USING RO/DI FROM NOW ON) I added...
  15. C

    Dry Goods SOLD Sold - Hanna Checker Bundle

    I have 3 Hanna Checkers for sale: -Hanna HR Nitrate tester with in date reagents -Hanna Phosphate ULR with in date reagents -Hanna Alkalinity dKH (will need new reagent) Asking $100 Shipped for the set of 3 PayPal only
  16. W

    What type of algae am I dealing with hear?

    Hi all, I’m having this type of algae growing all over my tank, majority of it is growing on the sand bed. It doesn’t look like green hair algae to me, this stuff feels more rough..Please help!
  17. N

    Iowa Dry Goods Brand new hanna nitrate lr test kit and extra regents

    brand new hanna Hi781 Nitrate LR kit plus Hi781-25 sealed extra regent tests Asking $55 including shipping for both
  18. static416

    Is it worth carbon dosing while also supplementing Nitrate and Phos?

    My overall system is 340gal and pretty heavily stocked, however I consistently dose Brightwell's 5X Nitrate and Phosphate to keep those from bottoming out entirely. Is there an upside to notching up my Nitrate+Phosphate dosing slightly, and then dosing carbon at the same time? Are there...
  19. P

    Phosphate / Nitrate fix for newish tank

    Hello all! Tank is roughly 9 months old and my corals are starting to have issues. LFS told me that I would not need to do water changes… Found out that was certainly not the issue. Working on water changes now, it is there anything I should do to get phosphates and nitrates under control...
  20. T

    VODKA DOSING HELP

    I’ve been vodka dosing for 3.5 months now on our 80g system nitrates were over 140 and gha was thick 3.5 months later it’s all gone except the high nitrates were dosing 19mls of vodka a day in the morning but the nitrates have stayed a maxing out the Hanna checker at 75+ We do have 9 fish a...
  21. Reefer Matt

    Michigan Testing Listing Ended

    Listing ended.
  22. Formulator

    Extremely high PO4 zero NO3

    As the title suggests, my phosphates seem to be out of control at 2.0 and I somehow have zero Nitrates. The tank was neglected for a couple years after my daughter was born and essentially went for 2 years with no water changes or detritus removal and very few times emptying the skimmate (it...
  23. P

    ORP and Sulfur Denitrator

    I have a question for you @Randy Holmes-Farley I just installed a sulfur denitrator and my ORP has risen rapidly in the last 24hrs. I’ve read your article on ORP and know that nitrifying bacteria can affect ORP. I’m new to this type of reactor but from what I understand the goal is to create...
  24. jlane220

    SPS Canary/Indicator Corals

    What Corals do you have in your tank that are the first to indicate your parameters are getting out of whack. For my it's my mystic sunset monti. As soon as phosphates start to rise or things get off a little it starts to retract polyps and the color starts to fade.
  25. YaboiNathan

    Hanna test kit

    Hannah nitrate HR, phosphorus LR , copper HR with validate reagent, 110 for all 3 shipped. I will give 2 extra tube and extra reagent for phosphorus
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