High Nutrients thinking about adding softies

[Backreefing]

I have rather high nitrates in my 90 gallon . I’m thinking of adding softies like leathers, plays , ect .
A little background the aquarium lost the sps corals , I removed them and aim growing them in a 37 gallon . The aquarium experienced problems from a move , hard well water and some neglect . Without the sps corals the nitrates shot up to 50+ . It’s cycled and has fish and everything even halides for light ( on a Fowlr tank ) .
What softies will tolerate the high nitrates. Phosphate is lower .

 

[glb]

I have rather high nitrates in my 90 gallon . I’m thinking of adding softies like leathers, plays , ect .
A little background the aquarium lost the sps corals , I removed them and aim growing them in a 37 gallon . The aquarium experienced problems from a move , hard well water and some neglect . Without the sps corals the nitrates shot up to 50+ . It’s cycled and has fish and everything even halides for light ( on a Fowlr tank ) .
What softies will tolerate the high nitrates. Phosphate is lower .

Softies can handle higher nitrates but I think you’d be better off lowering them first before reintroducing any new coral. Softies and LPS do can well with a little more nitrates and phosphates (say 5-10pm no3 and 0.05-0.08 po4), but 50ppm is too much imo. I run a mixed reef tank with no3 at about 4-5ppm and po4 from 0.06-.10ppm and the corals are thriving. I think you’ll be happier in the long run if you take care of the nitrates. Good luck!

 

[Backreefing]

Thx for replying. I’m trying out carbon doseing vinegar. It’s not having a effect as yet. Oddly phosphate has always been low in this aquarium. It’s usually between.020-.070 and I haven’t checked it lately.
ive been thinking about doing a large water change like 50% . But water changes don’t work on nitrates very well.

 

[dvgyfresh]

Xenia would love it!

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Xenia would love it!

Put Xenia in, let them eat up the nitrates then cut the Xenia back

 

[glb]

Thx for replying. I’m trying out carbon doseing vinegar. It’s not having a effect as yet. Oddly phosphate has always been low in this aquarium. It’s usually between.020-.070 and I haven’t checked it lately.
ive been thinking about doing a large water change like 50% . But water changes don’t work on nitrates very well.

A 50% water change would lower nitrates by half, but 20-25 nitrates is still a lot better than what you have now. I realize that’s a lot of water!