Nitrate Absorption Compounds

[accurist]

Has anyone had any success with absorption compounds? Can you recommend any?

[iantoh]

hi there bro,

reef depot carries pura nitratelock, which is supposedly a nitrate absorbing resin. im trying out a bottle, as are some friends i know, though whether its truly effective i cant ascertain, but worthy of a try i think. at least so far, theres not been a bad rep for the product.

cheers,

ian

[Dazza]

i m also trying that ... will do a nitrate test tom n c what the readings r

[markboy]

Hi,

Pls do post of your test results ya. Maybe i also wants to buy.

Thanks

[gunzo]

OK .. for guys using it .. tested .. works .. nitrate levels drop from 50ppm to less than 20ppm within 3 days .. but I was using it prior by dumping the bag in the sump .. didn't work ..

now based off recommendations by Henry from Marinelife.. I had it put into an FR .. works like a charm .. but problem is you need to take out the bag for it to fluidise .. and when you do .. the small resins tend to flwo out of reactor .. making a mess of the tank ..

lucky it's not poisonous .. as it got onto my main tank too .. and some of my fish thought it was food

[accurist]

Thanks for the info, I'll try some in my FR as a short term measure. I know that I need to upgrade my skimmer, and throw the bioballs for a long term fix.

[accurist]

The only thing I could find was Seachem denitrate, but its not an absorption compound, but got a litre to try out. doubt it will help.

[jervismun]

The only thing I could find was Seachem denitrate, but its not an absorption compound, but got a litre to try out. doubt it will help.

Don't waste time

[jervismun]

Thanks for the info, I'll try some in my FR as a short term measure. I know that I need to upgrade my skimmer, and throw the bioballs for a long term fix.

Yes upgrading to a more efficient skimmer (overpower by 1 model if can afford) is definitely a long term solution to your NO problem.

Why would you want to dispose all the bioballs that already contain so much aerobic bacterias on it? Just make sure no wastes/food/macroalgaes come in contact with the bioballs... make sure your filter floss works well.

Remember, the bioballs help to convert much more harmful Ammonia to Nitrite, Nitrite to Nitrate. A sudden removal of a large amount of Aerobic bacterias MAY create a sudden spike in Ammonia.

If you are determined to remove the bioballs, try to remove them in phases... perhaps 25% every 3 days. If I were you, I will just upgrade the skimmer for the time being.

Hope this helps

Je®vis

[mansiz]

OK .. for guys using it .. tested .. works .. nitrate levels drop from 50ppm to less than 20ppm within 3 days .. but I was using it prior by dumping the bag in the sump .. didn't work ..

now based off recommendations by Henry from Marinelife.. I had it put into an FR .. works like a charm .. but problem is you need to take out the bag for it to fluidise .. and when you do .. the small resins tend to flwo out of reactor .. making a mess of the tank ..

lucky it's not poisonous .. as it got onto my main tank too .. and some of my fish thought it was food

Yes, I agree, the resins are really light that they will flow out of the FR. After I bought a control valve, everything was ok, the resins dancing up and down in the FR. Prior to start using the resins in the FR, get a control valve for your FR, it works like miracle. If not, get a FR with a control valve attached, henry have it, it's even better.

[Dazza]

tried the product pura nitratelock for abt 10 days (10 Oct - 20 Oct) ... just dump the whole bag into the sump .

result = no change in nitrates lvl still ard 20 ppm ... i think the method may be wrong after doing a search in the net...

this w/e will get another FR n place the pura nitratelock in it n see if i get better results

[ClOwNy_LoVeR]

hi bros becareful of what kinds of resins you buy bec some remove all your trace elements and that's bad for your corals.just my tip of cheers

[accurist]

The bioballs I want to remove are in the overflow, there is no fliter floss over them, they main purpose is to keep the noise down from the overflow.