Trying to lower nitrates. I have a 60 gallon, 6 months old. Lps and softy dominant. Nitrates are 10-15, phosphates .05.
.6liters of zeolite at about 60 gph
Currently running 3 hours on, 3 hours off
Dose
zeobak: 2 weeks at 2-3 drops every other day, then week 3 and 4 twice a week at 2-3 drops.
Zeostart: .5ml a day
zeofood: been overdosing so thinking half strength at 6 drops a day for 1st week, then 1 drop a day 2-3 times a week.
coral vitalizer: 4 drops 3 times a week
zeolife: 7ml every other day
biomate with coral snow: twice a week
I can’t seem to get rid of brown algae on sand. It’s the one that clears up every night. Too much zeo food made it a lot worse so going to try half strength.
I have been wanting to get my nitrates to 5-10 so I can maybe get some more sensitive sps. I’ve got stylo, lepto and a monti right now.
I have a lot of fish that are sized appropriately for this size tank. They will get bigger though. Essentially I wanted to do zeovit to be able to have a lot of coral and a lot of fish, and be able to feed a lot. Haha
question is how much does zeostart effect the nitrate? I have read that using too much, like the max dosage zeo recommends which is what I’m using, increases your nitrate. Would lowering zeostart to maybe 6 drops a day help lower nitrate? Am I overdosing at 10 drops? Possibly also clear up the sand bed?
I didn’t have any photos of my tank on my iPad so I took these quickly after lights off.
I also just added half the recommended amount of xport bio cubes and no3 cubes in sump hoping that may work. I was even thinking of using seachem de-nitrate in a bio reactor.
And should I start running zeo reactor full time? I read to do the 3 on 3 off if ur nitrates were too high. Been doing that for a month or so but I don’t think it’s helping
.6liters of zeolite at about 60 gph
Currently running 3 hours on, 3 hours off
Dose
zeobak: 2 weeks at 2-3 drops every other day, then week 3 and 4 twice a week at 2-3 drops.
Zeostart: .5ml a day
zeofood: been overdosing so thinking half strength at 6 drops a day for 1st week, then 1 drop a day 2-3 times a week.
coral vitalizer: 4 drops 3 times a week
zeolife: 7ml every other day
biomate with coral snow: twice a week
I can’t seem to get rid of brown algae on sand. It’s the one that clears up every night. Too much zeo food made it a lot worse so going to try half strength.
I have been wanting to get my nitrates to 5-10 so I can maybe get some more sensitive sps. I’ve got stylo, lepto and a monti right now.
I have a lot of fish that are sized appropriately for this size tank. They will get bigger though. Essentially I wanted to do zeovit to be able to have a lot of coral and a lot of fish, and be able to feed a lot. Haha
question is how much does zeostart effect the nitrate? I have read that using too much, like the max dosage zeo recommends which is what I’m using, increases your nitrate. Would lowering zeostart to maybe 6 drops a day help lower nitrate? Am I overdosing at 10 drops? Possibly also clear up the sand bed?
I didn’t have any photos of my tank on my iPad so I took these quickly after lights off.
I also just added half the recommended amount of xport bio cubes and no3 cubes in sump hoping that may work. I was even thinking of using seachem de-nitrate in a bio reactor.
And should I start running zeo reactor full time? I read to do the 3 on 3 off if ur nitrates were too high. Been doing that for a month or so but I don’t think it’s helping