Check your Nitrate today

[snakeblitz33]

Do a little housekeeping on your tank and test your Nitrate level. Post your results and lets discuss ways of dealing with the numbers.

 

[beaslbob]

unmeasureable with api nitrate test kit and salifert phosphate kit.

 

[bang guy]

Do you have a new reef set up Beaslbob?

 

[beaslbob]

Just the two I had years ago.

Wifie does now have a more standard 60g she started.

 

[bang guy]

So her 60 gallon saltwater is showing undetectable Nitrate?

 

[pegasus]

Undetectable. I don't have to do anything to keep it there. I feed rather heavily, skim constantly, and change out carbon and GFO when needed. Other than that, the system takes care of itself.

 

[beaslbob]

So her 60 gallon saltwater is showing undetectable Nitrate?

Don't know.

She is using "standard" methods and hasn't measured nitrate.

 

[bang guy]

Don't know.

She is using "standard" methods and hasn't measured nitrate.

So when you say undetectable you're referring to the reef tank you had that crashed a few years ago.

 

[beaslbob]

So when you say undetectable you're referring to the reef tank you had that crashed a few years ago.

That one was the 55g also had unmeasureable nitrates and phosphates (api and salifert) on a 29 g for 3-4 years with no losses.

I sure you don't mean to suggest or even imply that I had a crash because nitrates and phosphates were unmeasureable.

 

[flower]

I checked mine last night...a beautiful fat 0, also 0 on phosphates. I do love macroalgae!

 

[bang guy]

That one was the 55g also had unmeasureable nitrates and phosphates (api and salifert) on a 29 g for 3-4 years with no losses.

I sure you don't mean to suggest or even imply that I had a crash because nitrates and phosphates were unmeasureable.

No, I was not implying your tank crashed because of Nitrate or Phosphate.