Cigarette Smoke??
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dacia
Active Member
If you don't like plants or macros then at least let the algae grow. Even a nice algae growth on the back glass will lower the nitrates.
Ewww. :nope: Not in my reef.
Anyway, I have a 30 gallon reef setup with a couple of shaving brushes from this website in the main tank and some macros in a small sump...I have never had a nitrate problem. It has never been above 10, and 99% of the time it sits at 0. I perform small water changes every other week...not only to keep nitrates low, but also to remove wastes that my skimmer and filter are not picking up and to replace trace elements used by my tank inhabitants.
Ewww. :nope: Not in my reef.
Anyway, I have a 30 gallon reef setup with a couple of shaving brushes from this website in the main tank and some macros in a small sump...I have never had a nitrate problem. It has never been above 10, and 99% of the time it sits at 0. I perform small water changes every other week...not only to keep nitrates low, but also to remove wastes that my skimmer and filter are not picking up and to replace trace elements used by my tank inhabitants.
fshhub
Active Member
FIRST of all, 20 is NOTHING to worry about. I have never had ,mine under 20(probably even 30 most the time), EVER. and the fish and most of the snails are a couple of years old.
Cigarett smoke will NOT contribute to nitrates. I am a chain smoker and the tnk is in my living room, where i spend most of my time. So, I can assure you it aint that. I even have many friends over alot who also smoke. The tank is healthy and strong, still.
Trying another kit may answer some questions. Do you use a skimmer? if so, whcih one and how big is the tank? How much LR, and What exactly have you been putting in that keeps dying? How do you acclimate them(it can take days for some things to die from improper acclimation)? Another question how about circulation? Temperature? and lighting(it can have some affect on certain inverts)?
Sorry if you have answered these Q's before, but I am just trying to help get to the bottom of your issues here.
Cigarett smoke will NOT contribute to nitrates. I am a chain smoker and the tnk is in my living room, where i spend most of my time. So, I can assure you it aint that. I even have many friends over alot who also smoke. The tank is healthy and strong, still.
Trying another kit may answer some questions. Do you use a skimmer? if so, whcih one and how big is the tank? How much LR, and What exactly have you been putting in that keeps dying? How do you acclimate them(it can take days for some things to die from improper acclimation)? Another question how about circulation? Temperature? and lighting(it can have some affect on certain inverts)?
Sorry if you have answered these Q's before, but I am just trying to help get to the bottom of your issues here.
kzlen
Member
sorry Fshhub,
you beat me posting..
Any help is surely appreciated, thanks. I have a Prizm skimmer for up to a 60gallon tank. My tank is 37gallon. 46lbs LR. I had put a couple cleaner shrimp and 10 snails in there after I got a sheet of Diatom blanketing everything. the last thing died 7 days later. I assumed it was too soon for in- habitants after that. Even had my LFs test water before i bought anything. The guy said he wouldnt add too much stuff which I knew from here. I drip acclimated them for almost 2 hrs.
I have 3 powerheads, I am going to be getting another one. Temp is 79 (lights out) 81 (lights on). Lighting is PC 2 50/50's 65w
you beat me posting..
Any help is surely appreciated, thanks. I have a Prizm skimmer for up to a 60gallon tank. My tank is 37gallon. 46lbs LR. I had put a couple cleaner shrimp and 10 snails in there after I got a sheet of Diatom blanketing everything. the last thing died 7 days later. I assumed it was too soon for in- habitants after that. Even had my LFs test water before i bought anything. The guy said he wouldnt add too much stuff which I knew from here. I drip acclimated them for almost 2 hrs.
I have 3 powerheads, I am going to be getting another one. Temp is 79 (lights out) 81 (lights on). Lighting is PC 2 50/50's 65w
broomer5
Active Member
My thoughts
You set up the tank in November 2002 with a little live rock.
10 months later you loaded it up with 25 lbs of more live rock - disrupting the balance, and probably kicked in a huge amount of ammonia/nitrite/nitrate.
Did you perform a substantial water change after this new cycle ?
The DSB is probably too young to offer much denitrification.
Then you added 16 more pounds of live rock. Doing this can really add a ton of ammonia to the tank.
Ammonia leads to nitrate - we know that.
If you have pods now, and all you're going to do is keep the tank running to protect your live rock investment - then tear it all down and set it up again in the Spring .... then I would not worry about trying to get nitrates to zero by any means.
I would be concerned with keeping the rock healthy, specifically the bacteria in and on the live rock, as well as any coralline or other critters/pods.
In other words - I would not starve the tank of some foods over the next few months.
But I also wouldn't be too concerned with 20 ppm nitrates either.
Add a couple snails/crabs if you want to have a clean up crew working for you - that's what I would do until you move.
Then - set the tank up again using the healthy live rock - cycle it - get your refugium jammin - and go at it !
You set up the tank in November 2002 with a little live rock.
10 months later you loaded it up with 25 lbs of more live rock - disrupting the balance, and probably kicked in a huge amount of ammonia/nitrite/nitrate.
Did you perform a substantial water change after this new cycle ?
The DSB is probably too young to offer much denitrification.
Then you added 16 more pounds of live rock. Doing this can really add a ton of ammonia to the tank.
Ammonia leads to nitrate - we know that.
If you have pods now, and all you're going to do is keep the tank running to protect your live rock investment - then tear it all down and set it up again in the Spring .... then I would not worry about trying to get nitrates to zero by any means.
I would be concerned with keeping the rock healthy, specifically the bacteria in and on the live rock, as well as any coralline or other critters/pods.
In other words - I would not starve the tank of some foods over the next few months.
But I also wouldn't be too concerned with 20 ppm nitrates either.
Add a couple snails/crabs if you want to have a clean up crew working for you - that's what I would do until you move.
Then - set the tank up again using the healthy live rock - cycle it - get your refugium jammin - and go at it !