Lowering Nitrate Levels

[mystique]

Hi All:

My tank's nitrate level is now at a high of about 100mg/l as tested on the tetrakits.

Read about the product called NitrateMinus by TetraAqua (picture shown below). Any idea where this product is available and it's price?

Alternatively, any other means I can lower my nitrate levels besides doing the water change thingy?

Any inputs would be greatly appreciated! TIA!

[roidan]

generally i think with such levels, water change will be the cheapest. fastest and most effective method than expensive nitrate reducing medias or chemicals....

personal opinion

[blu_surf]

Read behind the box. You are suppose to divide the result by 4.4 to convert it to mg/l.

Hope this helps.

[terryansimon]

change water

reduce feeding

have nutrient export systems.

urh...

yah. (=

[tineng]

Read about the product called NitrateMinus by TetraAqua (picture shown below). Any idea where this product is available and it's price?

used it before, but don't think is effective, although some bro claims it to be good. you can get if from L35 Pasis Ris....i think its under S$10

[penyu]

I think its available at most LFS. I think there other products of different brands that can reduce Nitrate.

[hammy]

az-no3 ??

ya as suggested , i think wayter change is still the best ... that thing dun work for mi and i am very doubtful of tetra testkit haha

i think the long term as what bro bwilly advice mi will be better ,

FUGE

DSB

live rocks....

oh ya as for chemical i think u need to have a gd skimmer working too ,...

[Godzilla]

think go for azno3..really works. but slightly more ex...

[FuEl]

Alternative product would be Nitrex. Read about it somewhere in RC last night. Don't see it around here though..

[tropic]

Jus test nitrate in one of my 2ftr marine tank... As normal , the regent shows the colur in red which is way over the acceptable limit...i kept all the items left in the box.However i did not dispose the liquid away.....

After i came back jus now after a few hours, i noticed i had left the test kit bottle with the solution inside.and GUESS WAT!?

the colour change to yellow....and to thnk i assume it did not work...?? or am i wrong....

[Navyblue]

Test kits are a guide as best, it is by no means of absolute measure. It is really amazing if you can mix a couple of things and detect things down to ppm level accurately.

[terryansimon]

but thats what we do in chemistry labs. like titration and QA. (=

[Navyblue]

Yes titration are used in wet chemistry lab to do quantitation, but none of the single indicator or indicator blend that I know of can give good result in analysis at ppm level. Good result means repeatable and accurate. Imagine this is even difficult or even impossible to achieve in a laboratory, let alone in our homes. Btw I work in a lab.

At present, wet titration is considered as primitive and have very limited accruracy, let alone our test kit that don't even use a burette.