Need Help on NO3

[Evo]

Hi all reefers,I need some feedback on how to battle NO3.Other than perform water change,is there any product can bring down NO3.Anyone using Seachem de*Nitrate & Seachem Matrix b 4?Is it effective?Thinking of using it.Can anyone advice on this?

[bawater]

moving this out of product reviews.

[JustinK]

Tried both before, IMO, they are both pretty ineffective, denitrate didn't really help bring down my nitrate levels, got rid of it in the end. Tried other commercial products claiming that they can bring down nitrates, but also never really work. AZ NO3 is good, but i think its used more in an emergency where your nitrates are sky high.

Still think the best way to control your nitrates is still to do regular water changes (i change once a week), it may be a hassle, but i have managed to keep my nitrates around 20ppm for my 2 ft tank (used to be 80-100). Not ideal, but i guess i am pretty satisfied with the level, esp for a small tank.

Also dun overfeed and dun overstock. I am feeding my fishes only once every 2 days and i realise that by doing that, my nitrates also decreased. Used to feed twice a day.

Get a good skimmer to do nutrient exporting so that excess waste is removed before they even have a chance to decompose in your tank. DSB also helps..

Jus my 2 cents on my experience with nitrates so far, hope it helps

[trader_best]

use AZ NO3,confirm work!!!

[chris21]

i guess if u guy want to battle nitrate.. nitrate reactor from aqua-medic manage to reduce my tank NO3 to 5ppm or less even without DSB/sand bed!!!

[damsel-in-distress]

i guess if u guy want to battle nitrate.. nitrate reactor from aqua-medic manage to reduce my tank NO3 to 5ppm or less even without DSB/sand bed!!!

Yaah, only possible if you know how to adjust the darn thing. I hd the AM denitrator installed more than a mth ago ... N03 still hovering around 30ppm. ... still struggling to adjust the outlet water flow!

[ReDDeviLs]

not sure if its my denitrator is working already,but nitrate drop from 50ppm to about 10-25ppm in 3days..

damsel-in-distress:

u can try 1 droplet per sec or 2 droplet per sec.. depend on how big ur tank is..

[tineng]

not sure if its my denitrator is working already,but nitrate drop from 50ppm to about 10-25ppm in 3days..

damsel-in-distress:

u can try 1 droplet per sec or 2 droplet per sec.. depend on how big ur tank is..

saw another bring of denitrator @ reborn today, sera...cost abt 200++ also there is the cheapo Azoo brand going for 150...

anyone tried these 2 products before....

anyway, from what i heard, Denitrator can potentially take up to a month to work....dunno true or not....

[that was niceeeee]

but nth wrong rite if it is high?