Nitrate 20ppm

[jkit]

Dear reefers guru,

how can I reduce nitrate level. Just tested using API test kit. Color shows 20ppm. Appreciate if the gurus can advise. Hope to fix it to save my seafan. Thx in advance.

[yikai]

20ppm is fine. nothing to worry about unless you have SPS. seafans wont mind 20 ppm NO3. have kept them in 100ppm of NO3 and they still flourish.

if u really wanna reduce, feed less, do WC, reduce bioload, get a denitrator or use AZ-NO3. just some things u can do to reduce it.

[jkit]

Hmm. If that's the case, any idea why seafan slowly melting away? Branches almost bare Liao. Ph also tested ok. Temp avg 29.

[jkit]

Hmm. If that's the case, any idea why seafan slowly melting away? Branches almost bare Liao. Ph also tested ok. Temp avg 29. Previously zoa also melted down. Anemone also.

[yikai]

29 degrees too high for anemone. zoas.... could be from ur anemone dying.

did u know that seafans are one of the toughest corals to keep? i rate it 5 out of 5. they require extremely high feedings of planktonic food and high flow. unless you get the ugly brown photosynthetic kind which will get its food from light. but i dont think thsi si the case since the brown ones are usually more uncommon due to their "not-so-niceness"

[jkit]

Seafan kind of orange with yellow feather.

Will my condition be gd for clove? Thinking to start again. Btw, clove eat what?

[qwertman321]

to reduce nitrate build a algae scrubber

[yikai]

colourful seafans are usually non photosynthetic and require feeding.

yes 20ppm NO3 can keep clove. soft corals are ok.

[Thexder]

I have used AZ-NO3 successfully to reduce my nitrates. But you still have to address the source of the N03.

[lotsofloo]

maybe u can use kent marine nitrogen sponge in your filter . im using seachem denitrate nitrate level is less than 5 but u should get seachem matrix.