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Discussion in 'Saltwater Fish Forum' started by trajik ink, Aug 10, 2008.

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  1. Anthony

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    Okay, sounds good. It should read zero. Have you posted pictures of your tank ?
     
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    i've posted pics before when i first joined but i got a couple more i was thinking of posting.....oh and my nitrates read at 10ppm but it's better than nothing.....at least they went down dramatically.
     
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  3. Anthony

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    Yeah, I just went through and found the picture of your tank. I couldn't remember how much rock you had in it. I was going to suggest moving it and cleaning under everything really well but clearly that's not an option.

    10ppm is good. Did you use a double dose or just one cap full ?
     
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    i doubled since a capfull treats 50 gal. mine a 72 with the extra in the sump and my canister filter roughly 80.
     
    trajik ink, Aug 16, 2008
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    Okay good. That's odd that is didn't read zero when you tested it. I wouldn't think it would go up 10ppm that quickly. Next time you test it let us know what it reads. 10ppm is still A LOT better than what it was to begin with. Until the cause of the problem is found I'd continue to dose the tank with Prime when it gets above or close to 40ppm.
     
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    i think i'm going to break down the tank soon and get to the bottom of it....the thing is i break down the tank and everything has to go into my quarantine tank until the next day because it gets too cloudy to work with it....
     
    trajik ink, Aug 16, 2008
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    Yeah, I can imagine how much of a pain that is.
     
    Anthony, Aug 16, 2008
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    well' it's not something that i find in my fun to do list
     
    trajik ink, Aug 17, 2008
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    ok, well tonight i'm a happy man........my nitrates have gone down to .5ppm
    and it's been there all day long.....finally i can get a good night sleep. :)
     
    trajik ink, Aug 17, 2008
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    Congrats! What was it that worked?
     
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    the double dose of prime......well i did it for 2 days in a row.
     
    trajik ink, Aug 18, 2008
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    Good to hear it's down!
    What kind of filtration do you use?
     
    crazedpuffer, Aug 18, 2008
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    anthony wrote:

    i have a 20gal. wet/dry with live rock instead of the bioballs, a magnum 350 canister, a penguin 350 bio-wheel, remora c skimmer (in tank) and a seaclone skimmer (in sump)..........
     
    trajik ink, Aug 18, 2008
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    I was gonna blame the wet dry... but the LR should take care of that.
    You might wanna try removing the LR from the wet dry and brushing it to see if that helps (if it rises again)
    Actually I've heard that Bio-Wheels could cause an increase in nitrate too in SW Tanks.
     
    crazedpuffer, Aug 18, 2008
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    the wet/dry is fairly new so i know it's not that..but i think it's the biowheel too.....it's been a while since i've rinsed the wheels so i'm going to do that today.
     
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    That's great !
     
    Anthony, Aug 18, 2008
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    thx for all the help guys and gals!!!!
     
    trajik ink, Aug 18, 2008
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    <a class="postlink" href="http://carolinafishtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3825&highlight=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://carolinafishtalk.com/forum/viewt ... highlight=</a>

    Check this out trajic, I thought I already posted this message but I couldnt find it anywhere lol. I dont know if you have heard of these methods before, but some of these guys talk about using vodka and sugar to lower nitrates. Hope this helps, actually I hope you solved the problem and this is irrelevant!
     
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    How's the nitrate problem ? I was doing some research and found some information on elevated nitrates in reef tanks.
     
    Anthony, Aug 31, 2008
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    i actually checked it out last night..it was at 10ppm.
     
    trajik ink, Aug 31, 2008
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