Nitrate increasing!!

[jonanaz]

Hello all:) need some help. I've realised that my nitrate has been increase quite a lot over this week. So far nothing has died in the tank besides some coral retracting. I've been adding in special blend each week during water change.

 

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[Evolutionz]

Maybe more tank information would help, like tank size etc etc.. A sure way to reduce nitrate is by doing water change, or you can start carbon dosing with Vinegar, or commercially available products like Red Sea NoPox.

[soggycookies]

what is this special blend you’re adding?


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[Indeco]

I guess he is referring to Microbe Lift special blend.

[jonanaz]

My tank is a 30L tank with 2 clownfishes, 4 trochus snails and 1 cleaner shrimp. Corals wise, I have a few small sps frags and softies. I usually do about a 15% water change and dose about 30ml of microbe-lift special blend after water change

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[Indeco]

Do ur NO3 drop after water change? How many days before it shoot up again?

Did you add anything recently? Try new food?

[jonanaz]

Do ur NO3 drop after water change? How many days before it shoot up again?

Did you add anything recently? Try new food?

Yup they do! Did a water change today and it went down to around 10pp. So far I only added in corals and a skimmer. No new fish/inverts. The corals seem to be doing ok except the GSP that has decided to close up. The funny thing is that a frag from the same colony is open as per normal! Is that usual with GSP?

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[Indeco]

Your skimmer is skimming well?

For your tank size I think regular water change is good enough for nutrient export.

U can also take a look on chemi pure and polyfilter, got good reviews for nano tank.

[jonanaz]

Your skimmer is skimming well?

For your tank size I think regular water change is good enough for nutrient export.

U can also take a look on chemi pure and polyfilter, got good reviews for nano tank.

Hmm for now the skimmate is quite clear still? I just set up about 2 days back. I do have chemi pure elite in my back chamber:)

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[Indeco]

Sound ok, just tune your skimmer slowly to make it work.

Guess u just monitoring this 2 weeks and do ur water change weekly should be ok le.

If u worry then stop dosing the special blend for a while.