Nitrates!!!!!

[Shaddow_wolf169]

1 teaspoon for 60 gallons start slow. Point your pumps up to create more air for the fish and bacteria. Tank will have a bacteria bloom totally normal.

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

I feed hikari mysis and reef roids.

 

[PNWReefer17]

1 teaspoon for 60 gallons start slow. Point your pumps up to create more air for the fish and bacteria. Tank will have a bacteria bloom totally normal.

I battle nitrates like its cool in my 30 gal. I don't seem to have an issue with growing LPS and softies, but of course they appreciate that a little. Question is, how long after starting sugar dosing do you start seeing results?

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

I battle nitrates like its cool in my 30 gal. I don't seem to have an issue with growing LPS and softies, but of course they appreciate that a little. Question is, how long after starting sugar dosing do you start seeing results?

The next day that' why you go slow.

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

At 30 gals I would start with a 1/4 teaspoon.

 

[Somuchflo99]

At 30 gals I would start with a 1/4 teaspoon.

how about for 20 gal

 

[Shaddow_wolf169]

1/8 of a teaspoon then check after a day. You don't have to dose all the time just when needed. A full dose is a 1/3 of a teaspoon.

 

[Somuchflo99]

So this increases the good bacteria and the bloom is the only side effect or have u noticed anything else with perimeters

 

[Animal Chin]

The interesting thing is you don't seem to have any hair or pest algae in your tank. If your nitrates were really as high as that test says they are I'd expect to see your tank looking like a swamp. You have a 20 gallon with pretty easy to care for coral and not many fish. I'd do a big water change, like 10 gallons and test again. Do they drop by half right after, they should so if they don't your test kit is probably wrong. After a 50% water change some of your coral may close as it will probably change your alk in the tank but after a couple of days everything should open up.

 

[40B Knasty]

Bottom line and I don't care what anyone says about not needing a protein skimmer for a nano tank. Trust me, get one! Your tank needs what everyone else's tank needs. There is so much crap literally that needs to be pulled out of your tank. I have a Reef Octopus BH 1000 HOB. It is perfect for a 20g-40g easy. I have it on my 65g now and wish I had the BH 2000 due to an unfortunate tank crack for the 40B. It is the best HOB protein skimmer, because of the dwell time in the chamber, the motor, and needle wheel(which is the most important part to chop up the bubbles fine). This will 100% help your tank tank 10 fold. Plus it will help put more O² back in your tank. Which will raise your pH. Less nutrients in your tank. Less phosphates, nitrates, and ammonia needed to be broken down for the NO² cycle to be performed.

 

[oscargrumete61]

Using Nopox in my 20 gl nuvo fusion. water change every 4 weeks and no sump just great aquamaxx skimmer Look

 

[DSC reef]

Fresh frozen like LRS is better than flakes or pellets but anything that adds to waste or bioload will impact nitrates and phosphates.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Before you toss that test kit, is it possible something died in your tank? Maybe something in or behind the rocks you do not see? That may cause nitrates to suddenly rise as well. Did you stir up the sand recently? That may bring up something foul. So many reasons, but getting a second nitrate test can eliminate that variable.

 

[oscargrumete61]

Using nopox has been for me the best thing , all my parameters are 0 just adding 1 ml every day

 

[DSC reef]

Sugar, nopox, biopellets are all carbon dosing, I'd be hesitant to do this without a skimmer.

 

[Somuchflo99]

Wel I can’t find a clown fish looked everywhere

 

[Somuchflo99]

Sump and all

 

[NY_Caveman]

Ah. Sorry to hear. If he died and drifted between rocks or into a hidden crevice that might be the cause.

 

[Susan Edwards]

The interesting thing is you don't seem to have any hair or pest algae in your tank. If your nitrates were really as high as that test says they are I'd expect to see your tank looking like a swamp. You have a 20 gallon with pretty easy to care for coral and not many fish. I'd do a big water change, like 10 gallons and test again. Do they drop by half right after, they should so if they don't your test kit is probably wrong. After a 50% water change some of your coral may close as it will probably change your alk in the tank but after a couple of days everything should open up.

I don't have any algae either and my nitrates today were 80. Usually 20-40, and that's even with po4 at 0. Today it is .02 maybe some snails died?

 

[Somuchflo99]

Good idea but what about ammonia wouldn’t that spike if that were the case