Since the beginning of the year, I have been paying close attention to my nitrates. Mainly because my fowler tank was 100+. Maybe close to 200. I would have some sudden deaths (usually lionfish which are sensitive to high nitrate). I've since lowered that tank to 5ppm with a sulfur denitrator.
My reef tank has a nitrate reading of around 20-25ppm on Salifert (what's the error %). Now, let me stress that I don't have any problems. No algae, my snails and crabs are fine. My pistol shrimp is fine, corals all look great (some sps could be better, but BTAs, zoas, softies are huge).
I did try to diy a sulfur denitrator for the small reef tank, but it didn't really work.
Now, is 25ppm really an issue? I read that 40ppm is when chronic nitrate poisoning could become an issue. Lions don't like over 40. I'm planning on putting some purigen in my reactor with the phosguard. The tank is a 34 gallon C-130, so space is limited.
My reef tank has a nitrate reading of around 20-25ppm on Salifert (what's the error %). Now, let me stress that I don't have any problems. No algae, my snails and crabs are fine. My pistol shrimp is fine, corals all look great (some sps could be better, but BTAs, zoas, softies are huge).
I did try to diy a sulfur denitrator for the small reef tank, but it didn't really work.
Now, is 25ppm really an issue? I read that 40ppm is when chronic nitrate poisoning could become an issue. Lions don't like over 40. I'm planning on putting some purigen in my reactor with the phosguard. The tank is a 34 gallon C-130, so space is limited.