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Ive been going through same things. Dino's have decreased tons but nitrous are 50 and phosphates are at .8 . I have a 210 g aquarium with 55 gal sump. Been doing 60 gal water changes for past 4 weeks. NO3 and PO4 remain the same. I don't get it.
Ive been going through same things. Dino's have decreased tons but nitrous are 50 and phosphates are at .8 . I have a 210 g aquarium with 55 gal sump. Been doing 60 gal water changes for past 4 weeks. NO3 and PO4 remain the same. I don't get it.
As randy stated cyano and Dino can look very similar if your reading phosphates and nitrates you most likely have cyano, Dino is usually present in a tank that has 0 phosphate or nitrate. But I could be wrongIve been going through same things. Dino's have decreased tons but nitrous are 50 and phosphates are at .8 . I have a 210 g aquarium with 55 gal sump. Been doing 60 gal water changes for past 4 weeks. NO3 and PO4 remain the same. I don't get it.
I seem to have the same issue atm.
I mean its not very bad, but no3 is around 20 id say…
If I dose Carbon, I will lower both right?
I do have ATI Nutrition „C“ and I dont know what effect that would have to po4 and no3. Could you answer that?If you mean dosing organic carbon such as vinegar or vodka, that has a much bigger effect lowering nitrate than phosphate, typically.
Sorry I meant to say above I stopped dosing the PHOSPHATE before I started the NOPOX.Just my experience with same issue. I had high nitrates of 40 and phosphate low to zero. I started dosing phosphate to get them up a little until stabilized. I then stopped dosing nitrate and then started dosing NOPOX watching /testing very carefully. The NOPOX decreased the nitrates over time down to 4ppm now and the phosphates never really decreased that much. So mission accomplished. Also FOR ME, biopellets never kicked off to work I just have no ideas why as it works for many others. Again just my experience
This is a brand new tank. No3 and sometimes po4 go crazy high in these systems. Keep up with your water changes an it will settle eventually.
I seem to have the same issue atm.
I mean its not very bad, but no3 is around 20 id say…
If I dose Carbon, I will lower both right?
I would not do carbon dosing in a new tank.If you mean dosing organic carbon such as vinegar or vodka, that has a much bigger effect lowering nitrate than phosphate, typically.
This is a brand new tank. No3 and sometimes po4 go crazy high in these systems. Keep up with your water changes an it will settle eventually.
you likely will get cyano or Dinos or both if you let either of them being 0 for long.
I would not do carbon dosing in a new tank.
Nice selection of corals.Oh I know, this thread is a month old I figured things out in the end here are up to date pi of tank and coral.
I do have high phosphates 1.08 working on stabilizing those. Won’t be long now
Thank you !Nice selection of corals.
get an algae scrubber. That will sort your issue.
I don't have high No3 or Po4 in any of my tanks so I've mastered that. Now if I could only master taking pictures that turn out as good as yours-------Oh I know, this thread is a month old I figured things out in the end he tank and coral.
I do have high phosphates 1.08 working on stabilizing those. Won’t be long now
Thanks ! I use an iPhone 11 with orange lens and macro lensI don't have high No3 or Po4 in any of my tanks so I've mastered that. Now if I could only master taking pictures that turn out as good as yours-------
Beautiful tank.
I do have ATI Nutrition „C“ and I dont know what effect that would have to po4 and no3. Could you answer that?
Do you think I could just let my skimmer work harder, I mean put more power to skim more / more wet?
Hi, quick question, I have a 100gal mixed reef tank with high Nitrates 60ppm and added a BR-70 reactor with 150ml of bio-pellets with the out-put flow of the reactor adjacent to the skimmers inflow. after just a few days my protein skimmer stopped skimming and looked like it was running lean "boiling water effect" ran reactor for a month and no skimmate from protein skimmer. So I stopped the bio-pellet reactor and protein skimmer working normal again. Any thoughts on why my protein skimmer stopped skimming with the bio-pellet reactor? Ive read its important to run both together for effectiveness...I recommend a bio pellet reactor. My tanks nitrate used to be around 50-60ppm, now it stays under 10ppm. It does take a few weeks for the bacteria to colonize but it’s well worth it.