Hi,
I’m cycling my 64 liters saltwater tank for approx. 2 months. About 1 week ago the Nitrate Level exploded suddenly from 5 ppm to 25 ppm. And the Nitrite level increased from 0 to 0.4 ppm. If have no fish or corals in my tank. My goal is to have both of them in the near future after the tank is stable.
Did a lot of research and the best practice was to do a 40% water change to lower the nitrate level. It worked a bit to good. The Nitrate level is stable at 0 ppm and the Nitrite level is stable at 0.005 ppm. See below all the other parameters.
Temperature: 26 °C
Salinity: 1.024
Phosphate: 0
KH: range 8.4 - 9.0 DKH
Calcium: 425
Magnesium: 1.300
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
I understood that a Nitrate level of approx. 3 ppm and phosphate level of 0.02 is what is desired to have when you want corals. But I couldn’t find a good and safe solution how to raise both levels. Does anyone have a good and safe practice how to do this ?
Many thanks for replying.
I’m cycling my 64 liters saltwater tank for approx. 2 months. About 1 week ago the Nitrate Level exploded suddenly from 5 ppm to 25 ppm. And the Nitrite level increased from 0 to 0.4 ppm. If have no fish or corals in my tank. My goal is to have both of them in the near future after the tank is stable.
Did a lot of research and the best practice was to do a 40% water change to lower the nitrate level. It worked a bit to good. The Nitrate level is stable at 0 ppm and the Nitrite level is stable at 0.005 ppm. See below all the other parameters.
Temperature: 26 °C
Salinity: 1.024
Phosphate: 0
KH: range 8.4 - 9.0 DKH
Calcium: 425
Magnesium: 1.300
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0
I understood that a Nitrate level of approx. 3 ppm and phosphate level of 0.02 is what is desired to have when you want corals. But I couldn’t find a good and safe solution how to raise both levels. Does anyone have a good and safe practice how to do this ?
Many thanks for replying.