inwha
05/26/2013, 06:08 PM
OK I apologize in advance if this gets wordy i just want to be thorough and explain whats going on so i can get the right help!
OK over about the past 8 weeks it seems(maybe 6 weeks) my nitrates have been steadily creeping up on me. Im currently in the 70-80 range with my nitrates. I almost always ran nitrates in the 0-20 range up until this last little bit. I have no idea why my nitrates are moving up on me. I would love to have an explanation on why this has happened. My tank has been up right at a year now and honestly have never had the first problem with it.
I have not added any new live stock or changed anything that I do with my tank(im going to add tanks specs below) in the last probably 4 months. I religously do bi-weekly water changes of 10 gallons as well as change all filtration pads when I do my water changes.
I need some help figuring out how to lower my nitrates for about the next two weeks. As you can imagine my fish/corals are not happy at all. Everyone is still eating and so far the only casualty ive had is a astrea snail. The reason I say for the next two weeks is that im about to put up a 75 gallon tank with a 40 breeder sump. I just have to have this much time before it goes up to finalize my plumbing and sump setup not to mention get a day set aside to set it up and transfer tanks. I know once my new tank goes up i wont have these problems with my sump / filter sock / skimmer / fuge but im afraid im going to lose fish / coral before i do the move.
Is there anything I can do in terms of dosing or just anything in general anyone has done in the past to drastically reduce nitrates. I tried dosing amquel for about three days but my coral got really mad and it didnt help at all. By the way I dont have a quarantine tank I can move the fish into.
SHould I do a massive water change like 50%? Is there anything I can dose? PLease help from you experience reefers on what to do and why this has happened?
Tank Specs
55 gallon
HOB filter - Its a dual chamber HOB and I run Nitrate reducing and phospate reducing media in each side as well as another just straight filter pad in each side.
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 70-80 currently
Salinity 1.026
PH - Normal
Calc / Alk / Mag - Normal
Ammonia - None
Justin
OK over about the past 8 weeks it seems(maybe 6 weeks) my nitrates have been steadily creeping up on me. Im currently in the 70-80 range with my nitrates. I almost always ran nitrates in the 0-20 range up until this last little bit. I have no idea why my nitrates are moving up on me. I would love to have an explanation on why this has happened. My tank has been up right at a year now and honestly have never had the first problem with it.
I have not added any new live stock or changed anything that I do with my tank(im going to add tanks specs below) in the last probably 4 months. I religously do bi-weekly water changes of 10 gallons as well as change all filtration pads when I do my water changes.
I need some help figuring out how to lower my nitrates for about the next two weeks. As you can imagine my fish/corals are not happy at all. Everyone is still eating and so far the only casualty ive had is a astrea snail. The reason I say for the next two weeks is that im about to put up a 75 gallon tank with a 40 breeder sump. I just have to have this much time before it goes up to finalize my plumbing and sump setup not to mention get a day set aside to set it up and transfer tanks. I know once my new tank goes up i wont have these problems with my sump / filter sock / skimmer / fuge but im afraid im going to lose fish / coral before i do the move.
Is there anything I can do in terms of dosing or just anything in general anyone has done in the past to drastically reduce nitrates. I tried dosing amquel for about three days but my coral got really mad and it didnt help at all. By the way I dont have a quarantine tank I can move the fish into.
SHould I do a massive water change like 50%? Is there anything I can dose? PLease help from you experience reefers on what to do and why this has happened?
Tank Specs
55 gallon
HOB filter - Its a dual chamber HOB and I run Nitrate reducing and phospate reducing media in each side as well as another just straight filter pad in each side.
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 70-80 currently
Salinity 1.026
PH - Normal
Calc / Alk / Mag - Normal
Ammonia - None
Justin