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Originally Posted by vince-1961 Wrong or right is irrelevant to my system. I "hose them off" by holding them up against the side of my pick'em up truck and blast them with the hose, which is, of course, powered by the faucet on the side of my house, using municipal water works water, with...

Originally Posted by vince-1961 Now wait a minute here! We are talking about two different things, specifically production of nitrates and removal thereof. Denitrification is actually pretty straighforward per my post of #1, #2 and #3 above, so let's talk about production of nitrates. In...

Originally Posted by vince-1961 Maybe, maybe not. I'm not sure. That's why I said "potentially." If he is using a mechanical filtration system and his filter material is the white cotton-like fiber, then I'd be willing to bet that it is a greater source of nitrates than anything else. Unless...

Originally Posted by TruPerc IMO - If there is no signs of stress, then I would not stress too much. As someone else posted - do scheduled water changes - there are too many opinions on how much and how frequently to count. Do what is manageable and monitor your nitrates for escalation. If...

Originally Posted by vince-1961 The answer to your question is that there are, basically, 3 ways to reduce nitrates: 1. "The solution to pollution is dilution", meaning do water changes. 2. Grow some anaerobic bacteria to convert the nitrates into harmless gaseous nitrogen, meaning use a Deep...

Originally Posted by TruPerc Question 1 - Yes there are many people on this site that will be happy to help Question 2 - It is safe to say that your tank is cycled Question 3 - Possibly, but I guess that depends. Is anything in your tank showing signs of problems? Do you have corals in your...

Originally Posted by spanko 20-40 nitrates in a fish only is not really bad. What are the 9 fish in the tank and how often and what do you feed them? I have a naso tang, about 3" that was given to me, a unicorn tang, a clown fish, a wrasse, 3 yellow tailed damsels and a bio color angel. What...

Originally Posted by SaltyJewell Are you using tap water? There's lots to read here about the DI/RO system(did I get that right?) I can't get my nitrates below.10 usually sits at .20 and I'm blaming it on the tap water now. I have filter materal to take it out but I still get a reading even...

Originally Posted by florida joe 125-gallon tank running for 3 months with 9 fish everything at zero except nitrates. Yet they ask if their tank is cycled. Either they got into something way over their head without a bit of research or it’s a prank thread Sorry, as I said, I have only been at...

Originally Posted by Flower WELCOME!! If you keep fish only, they don’t really care about nitrates..inverts however care very much if they are high. So in a reef, lower nitrates are important… How are you cleaning the bio balls? Do not rise them in fresh water… try rinsing them by swishing...

Hi, I,m new to this hobby. Still trying to learn everything. I bought a 125g tank which came with everything except water. Everything is at 0 except my nitrates which is at 20-40. I have had the tank for 3 months and I have changed just about every inch of water in the tank, cause everywhere I...