High nitrates...won't go down...Reactor?

Batmanjay28

Batmanjay28

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I'm thinking about getting a reactor and running some nitrate sponge in it to bring down my nitrates. What do you think?

Anyother great ways?
 
you can run coil denitrator... or DSB/RDSB...

how about your tank... how many gallon in your tank...and how many LBS live rock in your tank..... ... live rock and live sand will do best in nitrate cycle...
 
Have you done a WC to try to lower the nitrates?
 
55G reef. 70lbs of live sand and 70 of live rock. Tanks been going for a year.

I have done water changes...one last week.

Should I do a big WC?

What is a coil denitrator... or DSB/RDSB?
 
Could you have maybe had something die inside the tank and you don't know. There is a reason why your reading is high just need to find it. How big of a WC did you do last week? What are the current nitrate readings? Are you using bio-balls? I hear they are nitrate traps. Also any floss filter media or maybe a sponge that is full of poo?
 
animalman said:
Could you have maybe had something die inside the tank and you don't know. There is a reason why your reading is high just need to find it. How big of a WC did you do last week? What are the current nitrate readings? Are you using bio-balls? I hear they are nitrate traps. Also any floss filter media or maybe a sponge that is full of poo?
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I probably did a 15G water change last week.

No bio balls, but do they help and where could I get some?

My nitrate reading is between 25ppm and 50ppm.

I'll look into the poo thing. Thanks for the help by the way. :grinyes:
 
15gal WC sounds good for weeky WC. Maybe some cheato will help. Also what kind of water are you using? Is it coming from there? Can't think of anything else but I'm sure that others will. Always happy to help, when I can.
 
Cheato is a macro algae (green water plant- more or less) that will consume excess nutrients.

What kind of filter do you run? I run a sump/refugium and have a mangrove with cheato in the sump. The plants feed off the nutrients in the water which lead to less nitrate in the tank.
 
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