lowering nitrate while having cheto

[Reef257]

Hi all
Hope everyone is doing good

Nirate high phosphate low

I have 120 gallon tank . Tested the water found out that my nirate super high . Nothing wrong with my corals . I run a lps and sofites tank .they all seem happy. But I need to reduce my nitrate safely.
I introduced cheato it's been 2 week and did a 20 % water change still the nirate has not come down .

Spoke to my LFS he recommend a product called Nitra guard by orca .

Some say if it look ok don't try to fix it .

But my question it shall I ignore the fact my nirate is high and depend on my chetao. Or start the redcuing it

I think is kinda carbon dosing .

Can use this product and keep my cheato .or shall I remove the chetao until by nirate goes down and stop using the product once the nirate is low .

Will it be harmful For the coral to which in a high nitrate environment or will reducing it will cause issue

Please help I'm newbie in reef .

 

[Dolphis]

My understanding is that if your corals and tank are happy, then just let it be, but keep an eye on it.
I’ve never used that product, but I do like using Red Sea NOPOX, works well, easy to use and can be set up on a dosing pump

 

[Reef257]

My understanding is that if your corals and tank are happy, then just let it be, but keep an eye on it.
I’ve never used that product, but I do like using Red Sea NOPOX, works well, easy to use and can be set up on a dosing pump

Thank you . I got nopox as well didn't start it yet .if we does NOPOX will it cause issue for the cheto

 

[Reef257]

Hi all
My nitrate really high .but coral looks happy .
I think the niteate amore than 50 ppm if I reduced by carbon dosing immediately will it case issue To my Coral .

 

[Crustaceon]

Please don’t mix chaeto and nopox.... The real question is: Is the cheato growing? If it isn’t, you either need a stronger light over it, have it on longer or possibly need to add a supplement like Chaetogro. I’m running a 120w equivalent 5k led (cree from home depot) over my cheato for 16 hours a day. It grows like crazy and in a matter of a few months, my tank went from having a baseball-sized clump of cheato and 25ppm nitrates to a basketball-sized clump and undetectable nitrates & phosphates which I compensate for by feeding my corals twice a week. This is with no skimmer, nopox or water changes. Chaeto will absolutely do the job on its own.

 

[fish farmer]

Please don’t mix chaeto and nopox.... The real question is: Is the cheato growing? If it isn’t, you either need a stronger light over it, have it on longer or possibly need to add a supplement like Chaetogro. I’m running a 120w equivalent 5k led (cree from home depot) over my cheato for 16 hours a day. It grows like crazy and in a matter of a few months, my tank went from having a baseball-sized clump of cheato and 25ppm nitrates to a basketball-sized clump and undetectable nitrates & phosphates which I compensate for by feeding my corals twice a week. This is with no skimmer, nopox or water changes. Chaeto will absolutely do the job on its own.

I agree, two weeks isn't enough time.

I had nitrates around 40 and phos at 1ppm and it took a month for my chaeto to double in size and that was with a small light. It took about three months to get to the levels I felt comfortable with. Now I barely get a reading on my kits and the chaeto grows slowly.

But as long as you don't have algae growing wild in your tank I wouldn't do anything drastic.

 

[Reef257]

I agree, two weeks isn't enough time.

I had nitrates around 40 and phos at 1ppm and it took a month for my chaeto to double in size and that was with a small light. It took about three months to get to the levels I felt comfortable with. Now I barely get a reading on my kits and the chaeto grows slowly.

But as long as you don't have algae growing wild in your tank I wouldn't do anything drastic.

Hi
Thanks for the advice.
I get some diatoms on and off , lillte bit of green algea and it goes missing .

I was worried that nitrate are high but corals looks good . If I use the orca nitra guard bio cube to reduce it from 100 to 50 in 3 week as it says in the product will it cause any issue .

While using that product will not kill my cheato