In my latest attempt to eliminate Dinos I'm trying to raise nitrates to detectable levels.
Nitrates have been at or near zero for at least a year (using Salifert kit), while phosphates have been high (0.15+ ppm using Hanna ULR). I've also been running a relatively large 10g fuge, which grows chaeto very quickly. Also, my corals are doing quite well, especially when I raised the phosphates from 0.03 to 0.15-0.25 ppm.
In the past, I've tried raising nitrates with NeoNitro, but was unsuccessful. My theory was the chaeto and hair algae were consuming all the extra nitrates I was dosing. Is that make sense?
So, I'm looking for advice on the most effective way to raise nitrates, given my current situation.
Specs/parameters:
- 60 gallon system with 40g display tank, 10g sump and 10g refugium
- Run Core7, which keeps Calcium and Magnesium at appropriate levels
- Skimmer
- Large UV reactor
- No GFO or carbon
- Nitrates - 0.0 to 0.2 ppm
- Phosphates - 0.15 to 0.25 ppm
- pH - 8.5 to 8.6 - using C02 scrubber
- Salinity - 1.0245 sg
- Alkalinity - 8.0-9.0 dKh
Nitrates have been at or near zero for at least a year (using Salifert kit), while phosphates have been high (0.15+ ppm using Hanna ULR). I've also been running a relatively large 10g fuge, which grows chaeto very quickly. Also, my corals are doing quite well, especially when I raised the phosphates from 0.03 to 0.15-0.25 ppm.
In the past, I've tried raising nitrates with NeoNitro, but was unsuccessful. My theory was the chaeto and hair algae were consuming all the extra nitrates I was dosing. Is that make sense?
So, I'm looking for advice on the most effective way to raise nitrates, given my current situation.
Specs/parameters:
- 60 gallon system with 40g display tank, 10g sump and 10g refugium
- Run Core7, which keeps Calcium and Magnesium at appropriate levels
- Skimmer
- Large UV reactor
- No GFO or carbon
- Nitrates - 0.0 to 0.2 ppm
- Phosphates - 0.15 to 0.25 ppm
- pH - 8.5 to 8.6 - using C02 scrubber
- Salinity - 1.0245 sg
- Alkalinity - 8.0-9.0 dKh