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jasonrusso
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So I am getting a little bit frustrated. Even at a slow flow, I can't get the nitrate below 10, that being said I am still getting nitrite in the effluent. This likely causing the nitrate reading. Is it possible to have zero nitrate but have nitrite? I don't think there is a way to test that.
I am going to start opening it up more. My gut feeling is that I am starving the bacteria of nitrate and it is going through cycles where the bacteria keeps dying and repopulating. My ORP probe stopped working reliably (that is a different story) so I am just going off of effluent testing.
No onto my small reef tank. I have had that reactor running for about 6 weeks and the effluent is the same as the tank!! The tank nitrate is probably 10. Is this why it isn't cycling? Is there not enough "food?"
I am going to start opening it up more. My gut feeling is that I am starving the bacteria of nitrate and it is going through cycles where the bacteria keeps dying and repopulating. My ORP probe stopped working reliably (that is a different story) so I am just going off of effluent testing.
No onto my small reef tank. I have had that reactor running for about 6 weeks and the effluent is the same as the tank!! The tank nitrate is probably 10. Is this why it isn't cycling? Is there not enough "food?"
