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Currently have a fishless reef tank and can’t add until Mid June due to ich outbreak. How can I raise my NO3? It’s plummeted since the fish have been removed. Thanks In advance!
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You could consider "ghost feeding" the tank a bit.
I mix up a fish "smoothie" for my fish. Using several different types of frozen cubes. Let is "slump" in the fridge. Then mix a bit. Now here's the interesting part. If I don't strain off the excess liquid, and feed this mix to my fish the nitrates and phosphates will go up; if I do pour off the excess liquid and feed to the fish the nitrates and phosphates stay just about right. So maybe you need a "mix" of bio material that appeals to nitrate production.Been feeding benepets and Mysis.... feel like i need more. I don’t know. Literally putting a cube of mysis in a 30 gallon tank.
Are you running a skimmer?
You can dose nutrients or just feed more. Have you measured phosphate?
I believe some frozen foods tend to produce phosphates. I agree about feeding a good mix of foods for a biodiversity of nutrients, so you are feeding different types of bacteria that feed on different nutrients. If you are not running a skimmer I would be surprised if you dont get a nitrate spike in the near future. This has been my experience when cycling tanks. I also dose ammonia when cycling, seems to speed things up for sure.
Understood..the process should be similar though, as you are trying to get beneficial bacteria to grow/multiply and produce No3. Without fish, you do not have a food source for your bacteria.I’m not cycling