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So my 20g reef has had high nitrates for some reason. My protein skimmer failed for about 5 days without me knowing and that caused a buildup of nitrates. My nitrates read about 40ppm
I've reduced feeding to help prevent more but I also have my skimmer back working again but it will not drop.
I have a diatom outbreak in low flow areas that wont clear up
I added a refugium a week ago (no effect but I assume it will take longer to actually have an effect)
I see no detritus build up anywhere because I did 3 water changes this week with ahsolutly no drop in nitrates
And finally I notice no stress on any of my corals, just diatoms.
Any ideas? Will the refugium help?(I have a baseball size chunk of chaeto) more water changes? Skimmer might lower it? (Even though skimmers only remove things before they break down) should I dose vodka/vinegar or anything?
I've reduced feeding to help prevent more but I also have my skimmer back working again but it will not drop.
I have a diatom outbreak in low flow areas that wont clear up
I added a refugium a week ago (no effect but I assume it will take longer to actually have an effect)
I see no detritus build up anywhere because I did 3 water changes this week with ahsolutly no drop in nitrates
And finally I notice no stress on any of my corals, just diatoms.
Any ideas? Will the refugium help?(I have a baseball size chunk of chaeto) more water changes? Skimmer might lower it? (Even though skimmers only remove things before they break down) should I dose vodka/vinegar or anything?