Hello everyone,
I have a question that I might have already figured out but want others input as well. I have a predator tank with sharks, rays, puffers, and a eel. I've been battling with Nitrates for a while and the best I've managed to lower them to is 20ppm with 70% water changes every 4 days and I'm tired of wasting so much salt. I'm not looking for "nutrient Control" chemical filtration because that doesn't help lower nitrates only keep it from getting worst. I need something that will remove "Nitrate" quite literally. I have a skimmer but I'm under the impression that it only removes nutrients that have broken down and it doesn't "Skim" Nitrates directly. I'm trying to minimize or remove water changes all together if possible. I'm under the impression Chaeto or macroalgae will remove the nitrate directly but I wanna know if that's true in its entirety. Is anyone running a refug with chaeto or other macroalgae? Currently my Nitrates are 64ppm and the fish all seem fine but I just don't want it to climb to deadly levels. I know there are alot of products on the market that help with breaking down nutrients "before" they turn to ammonia then nitrites and finally nitrates. I'm looking for the real deal is there anything out there that strips nitrates from the water and lower them without water changes? I don't care if I have to change out media every so often I just don't wanna do as many water changes this tank is a 300 gal and is costing me a fortune. Many thanks you guys
I have a question that I might have already figured out but want others input as well. I have a predator tank with sharks, rays, puffers, and a eel. I've been battling with Nitrates for a while and the best I've managed to lower them to is 20ppm with 70% water changes every 4 days and I'm tired of wasting so much salt. I'm not looking for "nutrient Control" chemical filtration because that doesn't help lower nitrates only keep it from getting worst. I need something that will remove "Nitrate" quite literally. I have a skimmer but I'm under the impression that it only removes nutrients that have broken down and it doesn't "Skim" Nitrates directly. I'm trying to minimize or remove water changes all together if possible. I'm under the impression Chaeto or macroalgae will remove the nitrate directly but I wanna know if that's true in its entirety. Is anyone running a refug with chaeto or other macroalgae? Currently my Nitrates are 64ppm and the fish all seem fine but I just don't want it to climb to deadly levels. I know there are alot of products on the market that help with breaking down nutrients "before" they turn to ammonia then nitrites and finally nitrates. I'm looking for the real deal is there anything out there that strips nitrates from the water and lower them without water changes? I don't care if I have to change out media every so often I just don't wanna do as many water changes this tank is a 300 gal and is costing me a fortune. Many thanks you guys