Nitrate

[Beachbilly]

40 nitrate in my saltwater tank

 

[Jekyl]

Not sure if there's a question in there?

 

[Beachbilly]

Is this a bad level

 

[shwareefer]

40 nitrate in my saltwater tank

looks like 20 on my screen.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Depends on if you have coral or not

 

[Beachbilly]

Is this a bad level

 

[Beachbilly]

Still getting acclimated to this app but I did a water change Thurs and put this algae refragium in Saturday. Still no change. Prior to fish it was 20ppm added 2 Azure Demoiselle small fish and 7 hermits about a week ago

 

[Beachbilly]

 

[Beachbilly]

It did cycle once

 

[ryanjohn1]

No coral? If not your fine

 

[ryanjohn1]

Normal regular water changes. 10% weekly/biweekly

 

[ryanjohn1]

And maybe upgrade your testing to Hanna checkers. They are more accurate.

 

[apb03]

It's not a problem, but be ready to invest in herbivores.

 

[Beachbilly]

Thanks, I want to start coral soon a buddy of mine is going me a nice dyi light in Dec. Hope it's good by that time. Might start with 2 leathers is the plan.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Leather will handle higher nutrients better. But looks like you’re still in early stages of the tank developing. It will probably explode with hair algae in the near future.

 

[Beachbilly]

Yeah I heard about that hopefully my cleanup crew is going to be ready for it

 

[Beachbilly]

Thanks for the feedback much appreciated

 

[Jgents]

Is this a bad level

Personally i would shoot for <25ppm, but i've had periods where my nitrates are just around 50ppm. the problem with color tests like this is that it can be kind of hard to get a perfectly accurate reading. I'm color blind, so I generally struggle (and always get a second opinion). I would continue to do your water changes, test, and I'd take a hard look at how much you're feeding, that's your most likely cause of higher nitrates (IMO)

 

[gbroadbridge]

40 nitrate in my saltwater tank

Looks 20 to me, which is fine.

 

[Beachbilly]

Personally i would shoot for <25ppm, but i've had periods where my nitrates are just around 50ppm. the problem with color tests like this is that it can be kind of hard to get a perfectly accurate reading. I'm color blind, so I generally struggle (and always get a second opinion). I would continue to do your water changes, test, and I'd take a hard look at how much you're feeding, that's your most likely cause of higher nitrates (IMO)

I understand I am extremely obsessed with all this, it's my first, I guess this is common in the beginning stages of the hobby