Many times the issue with not being able to reduce nitrates is a lack of phosphates. You must have both. To start, do you know where your phosphates are at? And for now, I see no reason to change or buy anything.
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Phosphates were at zero.Many times the issue with not being able to reduce nitrates is a lack of phosphates. You must have both. To start, do you know where your phosphates are at? And for now, I see no reason to change or buy anything.
I never thought about that, good idea. I figured since the way the white pipe was, that just sticking the hose on there would hold it well. It did, but in the future I’ll be sure to keep that in mind. Would save a headache.I would pull that first sponge out before the skimmer. That is trapping stuff the skimmer could pull out. The one before the pump I would keep... I would also add a clamp out of the back of your overflow to hold the black pipe on securely.
Yes, it and ammonia were zero. Though I only had an api kit for those. I did check the nitrate with the api kit and also, it read high. I’m not sure what the issue was.Have you tested for nitrite? A little nitrite will read as a lot of nitrate. If nitrite has not cycled to zero, it is not worth measuring nitrate.