Nitrates

[greenwizard2112]

Nitrates are bad and should be zero. I fell for it, had coral dying and everyone said because I have zero nitrates. We had a hurricane, lost electricity.ran my tank on generator and after, coral slowly started dwindling. Everyone said because nitrates. NO!!!!! My light switched to default so intensity was 50 percent at high, but I work so didn't see the difference during the day. I was adding neo nitrate which made corals on the rope fall out of the ring. All dead now . I now have a cyano and dino bloom which I just defeated, but because I added nitrates is in full swing. Nitrates and phosphate are bad. Not fuel , not necessary just bad news bears

 

[Üter]

First…welcome. 2nd…nitrates 0? You should have some nitrates.

 

[Saltfishlover]

Definitely need nitrates.

 

[greenwizard2112]

I grew coral from my pinky nail size to basketball size for 9 years on zero. Chemi pure and purigen in a reactor. I know what I'm doing. I just fell for the farce that WE found out we were wrong, we need nitrates. My basketball size coral i had to cut up and take to the aquarium store didn't know you changed the rules. They thrived and survived, unlike the skeletons I have now. ZERO NITRATES. San Dimas high School football rules!

 

[JonoH]

I feel every reef tank is different, mine seems to be thriving on 30ppm Nitrates...

 

[GSPClown94]

How far above zero were your nitrate and phosphate? Anything can be bad at a high enough concentration.

 

[greenwizard2112]

Wanna give me your address I'll send you a bottle of nitrates I got fooled into buying, promptly killed my struggling coral. Also KH 8-12, now everyone is saying 9 is way to high? 8-12 and 9 is high?

 

[greenwizard2112]

Nitrates at 2, phosphate at .01

 

[greenwizard2112]

Everything immediately died

 

[GSPClown94]

Can you post a link to the product you used? Possible it was not intended for reef use and contained something else that killed your coral?

 

[greenwizard2112]

Brightwell neo nitrate

 

[greenwizard2112]

My coral was starving for light, photosynthesis, not contaminates from caged fish, AKA nitrates

 

[GSPClown94]

If everything immediately died after adding that product then it sounds like either a massive overdose or some kind of impurities in that product that are harmful.

 

[greenwizard2112]

Nitrates are bad, one cap as day for 3 days, undetectable, 2 capful 2 days nitrates at 2/ 3 coral dead next day. If you got stung by a bee, and slapped at it ( irritated) would it heal? ZERO NITRATES. It says so in the test kit. Enough said

 

[greenwizard2112]

THE NITRATE TEST KIT says zero is what you're trying for and phosphate.ZERO

 

[GSPClown94]

Ok have a nice day.

 

[greenwizard2112]

Thanks

 

[Spare time]

There is so much misinformation on your end that honestly I don't know where to begin or if you are interested in even learning that you are wrong. No, nitrates didn't kill the coral. Yes, you can have a tank with 0 nitrate but you are supplementing ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, etc. (as well as phosphate) through heavy feeding and fish waste (otherwise yes the corals starve). No nitrate isn't farmed from fish in cages and put in a bottle. Also, correlation does not equal causation. I bet you also went to the bathroom the day the corals died. Therefore, you going to the bathroom killed the corals. Its the same logic.

 

[greenwizard2112]

Wanna see my tank?

 

[Saltfishlover]

I do. Please share some photos