Wait, i will post my test kits results again here nowYes.
I could see a mass bacterial bloom from UV as causing a nitrite spike, but expect it would vanish within days.
I don’t see that causing a nitrate issue unless it’s a test error.
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Wait, i will post my test kits results again here nowYes.
I could see a mass bacterial bloom from UV as causing a nitrite spike, but expect it would vanish within days.
I don’t see that causing a nitrate issue unless it’s a test error.
Sorry, i am not polite because i hate very my tank right now. Water change is completely garbage for this tank; it's never helped the tank. The tank is unique for me but got zero results yet.
sorry, I'm not a native English speaker. Can you explain it most easily to me?No worries! I completely understand your frustration. Trust me - I have been there. I merely meant that a larger change, which should show a larger reduction, would be good as a diagnostic tool. Perhaps more, or larger water changes would help long-term too. 10% reduction per week won't do much for nitrate if you're adding that much nitrogen to the tank per week. In these cases, larger water changes (even if less frequent) might help. I do a water change on my main coral tank (20%) every 2-3 months. Other tanks that are newer, or have issues, I have to do more to restore balance though. I don't recommend you follow my schedule on my main tank. It is 90 gallons and has 6 fish. The biggest is an ocellaris clown.
You said you did not dose carbon, but the Tropic Marin product says it is a carbon source. It's just a thought, but I used many denitrification reactors (at the same time) for years at a large fish farm and I have witnessed them behave. They produce more nitrite, and take out more nitrate when more carbon is added. Most of the nitrate processed gasses off as nitrogen gas though. I once suggested it during someone's dissertation to explain their unknown source of nitrite (and loss of nitrate), and they were like "huh?". Even their professor backed them up, but I stopped myself from mentioning she was an author on a paper that said it. There are many papers on it, but I wasn't going to challenge the student during their dissertation. I think it was a Ph.D brain fart.
sorry, I'm not a native English speaker. Can you explain it most easily to me?
I saw that my nitrate doesn't go down. i drive to the local fish store to do double-checking that show that the nitrate won't go down, and also, i have 2 ppm of nitrite in brand new test kits of tropic Marin.
NO4=0
NO3=100
N02 = 1-2 PPM