nitrates

Some background first: 1. I purchased a used RS 170 Aquarium for a really good price (Good!) April 28th system start date, however the system has been running since November, cycled. 2. It came with the following livestock (good and bad) Yellow Tang Kole Tang Scooter Dragonet...

Backstory _______________________________ Let me start by saying I had a 600 gallon system with 100+ fish that ran well for years. I hardly attended to it because I was on the road for two, almost three years straight. Due to a large mangrove population and some rocks that had been cycled 15+...

I'm a beginner and I'd like for anyone to comment on my parameters and add suggestions please. I am on day 24 of my tank cycle using Red Sea's reef mature pro kit. Tank Setup - 29 gallon bowfront - 25 lbs dry rock - 20 lbs live sand - Protein Skimmer - Canister filter Tank Parameters • PH...

So I currently have a 100 gallon mixed reef aquarium, and I am having a big problem keeping phosphates and nitrates down. I am currently running 1 bag of phosguard with 3 bags of fluval phosphate remover and still can not get the levels down even with water changes. Before 25 gallon water...

i have a die off of my fish in my sps tank ( some due to agression, some due to lack of care when im gone on vacation and some just dead ) now over the period of 8 months i lost a few fishies and down to 2 fish in a 50 gallon system .. i dont want to add any more fish but clearly fish poop is...

Ok so whats the deal? I'm relatively new to this, (one year in) and I can't seem to get a straight answer. Where do I want my nitrates? I've had people with excellent tanks say I want at or near zero, I've had others say around 10 and if it gets above that start changing water, and I've had...

Hey all, I have a question that I am going to try to articulate, so please bear with me. I have been noticing elevated nitrates in my tank, although the corals all seem to be doing pretty well. In addition to decreasing feedings, I have added Chaeto to an area of my sump. (As an aside, I have...

With carbon dosing, my nitrates usually run less than 1 ppm. However, I'm beginning to think that this may be too low for an non-ULNS. While I don't have nuisance algae, I do contend with bacterial flocs, and I certainly can't grow Chaetomorpha at those levels. What nitrate target level do...

I have a new tank that is about 4 months old, a lot of the live rock is from my old tank though. The old tank was about 6 years old. My questions is should i carbon dose and do you think it will help me get my nitrates down. Last time i tested they were hovering around 20-25ppm. Also if you have...

Good evening reefers Test results as of tonight 12/15/16: SG: 1.025 Nitrate: 0 ppm Phos: 0 ppm Ammonia: 0 ppm Calc: 400 ppm DkH: 12-13 So I am currently dosing Kent Purple Tech to bring up my calcium levels. I am hoping that the high DkH is being caused by that, I am not sure what else could...

Folks were so helpful on my post about cleaning my 6g nano and I wanted your thoughts. What do you think would happen if I removed the sponge and the ceramic bioballs from my filter and just ran chemipure-elite? I have the Fluval edge, about nine months old, and have always run the filter as...

Hey everyone, I am brand new to the world of saltwater aquariums, and have a few questions starting out. We got my dad a 29 gallon BioCube for Christmas a few years back. He absolutely loved it, and had it up and running for 2 years. He was diagnosed with cancer about a year and a half ago...

Hi I added a diamond watchman goby 25 days ago in my 54 gallon corner tank. He was drip acclimated and I have never seen him since he was added to the tank is it possible he burrowed and just died under the sand somewhere? He has no aggressive tank mates and my readings for Ammonia and Nitrite...

I have a 90g with a 30g sump. My ammonia and nitrites are both 0 but my nitrates are staying around 20. I have no fish. I have several corals that I feed twice a week. I have a refugium with chato, protein skimmer.Filte, sick, and bag of carbon. I have quight a bit of live rock and rubble in...