nitrate

Looking for anyone that has experience or suggestions on how to naturally keep phosphate levels in check. I want to find why my phosphate is high and solve that issue instead of treating the symptom. I already rinse and strain my 2 frozen cubes I feed per day. I do also have auto feeder that...

Hi all, I have 75 gallon that I made a post about about 3 months ago I was battling GHA, luckily 90% of it is gone at this point but I am now facing cyanobacteria. I think the cause of this was when fighting GHA I had really high phosphates and nitrates which I still do just little bit lowered...

Good afternoon, Thank you again for your help in advance! Yesterday I did a test on the water and the readings were: Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Salinity 1.024 Nitrate 10-20 PH 7.8 (I can dose this up but should I, if I am not too worried about corals, just fish and Inverts other than GSP) Temp 78 I...

Hello everyone! I am curious as I sometimes run into an issue more specifically when I feed frozen food. I am in a similar situation to some and I have read a couple other posts but still not 100% sure. I have two clownfish, 1 longnose hawkfish, & 1 diamond goby. All of them are small/juvenile...

Hello everyone! I have a Redsea desktop cube that comes in around 18.5 gallons. I was looking at options to add another layer of filtration to manage nitrate levels. I am very much used to freshwater tanks where adding plants heavily reduces Nitrates in the water and I am currently sitting at...

I have a 90g tank and with about 15 fishes. My tank is loaded with fishes and I’m still struggling to keep my nitrates above 5 ppm. My LPS aren’t doing well with stable parameters other than low nitrates and that’s the only reason I can find. I feed a ton too Parameters. All 7.5 Cal 430 Mag...

These are the results from today, same as it was the last time I tested 1.5 years ago. Is there really a benefit to testing these parameters weekly or monthly if I keep getting the same results every time?

I cannot get my nitrates below 30, ranges from 30-40 (has been as high as 80) - testing with Hanna and results verified similar with Fauna Marin ICP. I know that ‘30 ain’t so bad’ but with all that we are doing, and stopping just one thing causes it to skyrocket I have a tank that is 1 year...

Hi, My sump has a refugium and filter socks. Currently, the tank is doing well, but I hate changing and cleaning the filter socks. I recently tried using filter floss, but I noticed that my glass gets dirty much quicker and the phosphate climbed up. So, I'm thinking of installing a roller...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a reference solution for nitrate and phosphate to verify my Hanna and Trident NP tester. I know Fauna Marin used to have a seawater reference product but I think it might be discontinued as It says it is out of stock at all the retailers I use. I...

Keep having a lot of detritus staying and sitting on the live rock. Any time i try moving the rocks all that detritus floats into the water column and back into the rocks. I know dead detritus on live rock can be both bad for nitrates but beneficial for bio media on the rocks as well. Only...

Hey everyone! I’m new to the saltwater side of the hobby and wanted to share my journey so far—plus get some advice and reassurance from the pros here on Reef2Reef! I’ve been keeping freshwater tanks for a while, but about 3 weeks ago, I finally took the plunge into saltwater and set up my...

My tank is about 3 months old. Moderately stocked 55 gallon reef tank with 29 gallon sump. Stocking list m: 2 clowns Sixline Wrasse Royal Gramma Tonini Tang Mixed corals. Softies, LPS, SPS Sump Filter Sock (changed ever few days) Refugium with chaeto and AI Fuge light running opposite of...

I’m sure this question has been answered a bunch of times, but I'm hoping for some help with my nutrients. I have a 40b with a diy AIO that’s been running for about 8 months. It was set up with rock, water and sand from my previous tank to speed up the maturing process. Current stocking is two...

Hi all! Long time lurker here, but the first time I'm posting. Long story short: I run a mixed reef setup with 20+ years old live rock and my nutrients keep bottoming out, to the point where my pulsating Xenia has all but disappeared and GSP won't even open. SPS are growing fairly well, to the...

Guys I have a big problem and I can't find an answer. This is the situatio; The tank is a 33G Cube with a sump, it has been running for almost 3 years with only a pair of clownfish and a purple dottyback (pseudochromis Fridmani). I started with Ocean Direct Sand and dry purple rock from...

Hey all, newbie here. Hoping to learn what's possibly going wrong (if anything) with my current attempt to pre-cycle some caribsea life rock. I've got them in a 10 gallon brute, 2 wavemakers running for circulation, heater at 78, does Dr Tim's ammonia to 2 ppm, and added 1 oz of Fritz 900...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

**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...

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...

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?