Well, update.
I went ahead and did a 50% water change and picked up a skunk cleaner and 2 emerald crabs. I let the water stabilize overnight and checked readings first thing this morning.
Ammonia is 0 ppm
Nitrite is still 1.5 ppm
Nitrate is still 100 ppm
Already started making a new batch of 5 gallons (25%) to swap out and got the Chemi-pure blue in. I also checked my RO/DI water and nitrates read 0 from there, so there must just be that much nitrate in the system.
Changed filter floss and changed out the filter sock as well. Hopefully clean media, Chemi-pure, and 25% more will get those numbers down. Not sure how they're still so high though...
I went ahead and did a 50% water change and picked up a skunk cleaner and 2 emerald crabs. I let the water stabilize overnight and checked readings first thing this morning.
Ammonia is 0 ppm
Nitrite is still 1.5 ppm
Nitrate is still 100 ppm
Already started making a new batch of 5 gallons (25%) to swap out and got the Chemi-pure blue in. I also checked my RO/DI water and nitrates read 0 from there, so there must just be that much nitrate in the system.
Changed filter floss and changed out the filter sock as well. Hopefully clean media, Chemi-pure, and 25% more will get those numbers down. Not sure how they're still so high though...