Tapwater nitrate high

[Tracy10]

hi,
recently i have been struggling to get the tank below 40,so tested tapwater nitrates and they are at 35.

Tapwater has mostly been at 15/20 until recently.

I wondered if there is any good products i could put in filters,to help reduce the nitrates.Or what would be best to do.
Also does boiling water remove nitrates,wondered if i could do this to get down abit.

 

[theotheragentm]

Reverse osmosis is going to be your best bet.

 

[deadxero]

You could also set up a tank containing only plants to and use it to condition your water. Could be allot of work and money for nothing but getting water ready for your tank though, unless you like the idea of an underwater garden.

 

[Tracy10]

I did consider an ro unit,but i am on a water meter,so it put me off it.

I dont really have the room for another tank,for plants,nice idea though.

Was wondering if any of the nitrate removing products work.And if i could use them,as i have peat running in filters in tank.
May try live plants,i have got moss balls in tank,but they have made no difference.

 

[Lupin]

Denitrator filter?

 

[duke33]

I have that problem too. I went with the planted tank, it seems to help, mine stay in the 20ppm range. I know this is'nt ideal, but I've keep fish at this house for 3 yrs. now.

 

[LesbianChap]

I had a similar problem in Korea...my nitrates read about 40ppm out of the tap, and there was little I could do to fix it. Unless you have fish that are REALLY sensitive to Nitrates, you can use the 30-40ppm reading as your "baseline" and then try to keep the nitrates below 60-70...sure it's fudging things a bit, but it doesn't seem to hurt most fish...

 

[Star_Rider]

I have a normal 20 ppm nitrates from the source.. I don't have any issues .
but i do utilize them by keeping live plants in the tank.
some nitrate hogs are the fast growers...
anacharis(elodea) is one of those as are wisteria etc.

I also use a ro/di as top off.

I am curious tho about the water meter..and no ro

 

[Tracy10]

I have a normal 20 ppm nitrates from the source.. I don't have any issues .
but i do utilize them by keeping live plants in the tank.
some nitrate hogs are the fast growers...
anacharis(elodea) is one of those as are wisteria etc.

I also use a ro/di as top off.

I am curious tho about the water meter..and no ro

I pay for the amount of water i use,so didn,t fancy an ro unit,as there is alot of wasted water.

 

[deadxero]

I'm not sure what you are refering to by saying RO is out because you are on a water meter.

The RO unit will simply clean the water before you use it, it shouldn't affect the volume you consume at all... if that is what you are talking about.