Soft corals for a little high nitrate

[swhastan]

Hi, guys
I have a few corals in my aquarium.(Xenia, Zoo, Elegant coral, and anemones)
Current nitrate level is around 10 ppm. Also, is this level of nitrate
really dangerous for my corals and anemone?
Also, I'm trying to reduce it with macro algae such as caulerpa in a 29 G
refugium, and denitrate matrix rock in power filter. Can I just wait for low
nitrate level without water change?
Is water change is the only way to reduce it in a short time?

Thank you for reading.
Sungwon

[Marc Levenson]

Water changes are the ONLY way to lower nitrates, if your
tank has reached its limit naturally.

http://www.melevsreef.com/reducing_nitrates.html

Marc


swhastan wrote:

> Hi, guys
> I have a few corals in my aquarium.(Xenia, Zoo, Elegant coral, and anemones)
> Current nitrate level is around 10 ppm. Also, is this level of nitrate
> really dangerous for my corals and anemone?
> Also, I'm trying to reduce it with macro algae such as caulerpa in a 29 G
> refugium, and denitrate matrix rock in power filter. Can I just wait for low
> nitrate level without water change?
> Is water change is the only way to reduce it in a short time?
>
> Thank you for reading.
> Sungwon
>
>

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[Billy]

"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
. com...
| Water changes are the ONLY way to lower nitrates, if your
| tank has reached its limit naturally.


Marc, could you expand on that, you seem to be contradicting what I
have been taking for granted, that is other methods of lowering
nitrates other than water changes.

billy

P.S. I'm looking for a TDS meter, recommend one?

[lg]

"Billy" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
> . com...
> | Water changes are the ONLY way to lower nitrates, if your
> | tank has reached its limit naturally.
>
>
> Marc, could you expand on that, you seem to be contradicting what I
> have been taking for granted, that is other methods of lowering
> nitrates other than water changes.
>
> billy
>
> P.S. I'm looking for a TDS meter, recommend one?
>
>

Build a de-nitrator.....good stufff!

lg

[Mark Taylor]

Need a little (lot) more info to advise properly. For example are you using
Live Rock? DSB? What Skimmer? Size of tank? etc

As general rules....if using live rock, make sure the structure is fairly
open with good circulation in/around. When I had a substantial nitrate
problem upping the circulationa around/through the rock was enough to sort
it. Clean your skimmer regularly. Think about your feeding/maintainance
regimens....is there a reason for the nitrates? What water are you using
for top up/water changes.....have you checked that you are not putting
nitrates into your tank?

There is no reason, with a bit of forethought, not to be able to manage the
nitrates. Water changes can help, but don't get to the root of why the
nitrates are there.

"swhastan" > wrote in message
...
> Hi, guys
> I have a few corals in my aquarium.(Xenia, Zoo, Elegant coral, and
> anemones)
> Current nitrate level is around 10 ppm. Also, is this level of nitrate
> really dangerous for my corals and anemone?
> Also, I'm trying to reduce it with macro algae such as caulerpa in a 29 G
> refugium, and denitrate matrix rock in power filter. Can I just wait for
> low
> nitrate level without water change?
> Is water change is the only way to reduce it in a short time?
>
> Thank you for reading.
> Sungwon
>
>

[swha]

My tank is two month old 75 G with 29G refugium.
Setup: 40 lb of LR, 50 lb of CaribSea dry rock, 80 lb of LS, RedSea Berlin
classic protein skimmer with a Rio HF20 pump.
live stock: a blue tang, a yellow tang, two percular clowns, four damsels
Zoos, elegant coral, xenia, colt, star polyps, anemones.
I think the biggest mistake for high nitrate was using tap water for
cycling. After that, I've used RO water for water change. Nitrate level is
maintained at 10 ppm over a month after I put macro algae in a refugium. I
thought macro algae coulld solve a nitrate problem, but it couldn't until
now. So, I'm wondering which one is better: water change frequently or wait
for more time.
Also, I use Nori to feed my yellow tang

Thanks.



"Mark Taylor" > wrote in message
...
> Need a little (lot) more info to advise properly. For example are you
> using Live Rock? DSB? What Skimmer? Size of tank? etc
>
> As general rules....if using live rock, make sure the structure is fairly
> open with good circulation in/around. When I had a substantial nitrate
> problem upping the circulationa around/through the rock was enough to sort
> it. Clean your skimmer regularly. Think about your feeding/maintainance
> regimens....is there a reason for the nitrates? What water are you using
> for top up/water changes.....have you checked that you are not putting
> nitrates into your tank?
>
> There is no reason, with a bit of forethought, not to be able to manage
> the nitrates. Water changes can help, but don't get to the root of why
> the nitrates are there.
>
> "swhastan" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi, guys
>> I have a few corals in my aquarium.(Xenia, Zoo, Elegant coral, and
>> anemones)
>> Current nitrate level is around 10 ppm. Also, is this level of nitrate
>> really dangerous for my corals and anemone?
>> Also, I'm trying to reduce it with macro algae such as caulerpa in a 29 G
>> refugium, and denitrate matrix rock in power filter. Can I just wait for
>> low
>> nitrate level without water change?
>> Is water change is the only way to reduce it in a short time?
>>
>> Thank you for reading.
>> Sungwon
>>
>>
>
>

[CapFusion]

"Billy" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
> . com...
> | Water changes are the ONLY way to lower nitrates, if your
> | tank has reached its limit naturally.
>
>
> Marc, could you expand on that, you seem to be contradicting what I
> have been taking for granted, that is other methods of lowering
> nitrates other than water changes.
>
> billy
>
> P.S. I'm looking for a TDS meter, recommend one?
>
>

Can You be a bit specific? Which part you are referring to having conflict?

Any TDS meter will do fine if you are trying to measure your source water
prior to your mix or to your tank.

CapFusion,...

[Marc Levenson]

It is possible to have a tank with 0 nitrates, but that
isn't very common. LR and a DSB denitrify the water, but if
the tank is heavily populated, or there is excessive
feeding, or the equipment used creates nitrates, the LR &
DSB will not be able to remove it all.

For example, if the person is using a Wet/Dry sump, or uses
Biowheels on the returns, or sponges in their overflow
boxes, these will continuously create more nitrates. The
only way to remove the excess nitrates is via water changes.
Once the numbers are low enough, the DSB, LR and macro
algae can work on the smaller nitrate level, and pretty much
wipe it out entirely.

If you check my parameters page on my site, my tanks tend to
have some nitrates. Turns out clams actually need a little
nitrate in the water to live, btw. However, there have been
times in the past when my tests came up ZERO, much to my
surprise and to my pleasure. :D

Changing the water, lots of water, will lower nitrates
quickly and as long as the tank has been set up correctly,
those numbers will stay down. However, using tap water, an
UGF, and the other things I mentioned above tend to keep
nitrates very high.

Marc
PS: I use the Hanna hand-held TDS meter, and Marine Depot
sells them.


Billy wrote:
> "Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
> . com...
> | Water changes are the ONLY way to lower nitrates, if your
> | tank has reached its limit naturally.
>
>
> Marc, could you expand on that, you seem to be contradicting what I
> have been taking for granted, that is other methods of lowering
> nitrates other than water changes.
>
> billy
>
> P.S. I'm looking for a TDS meter, recommend one?
>
>

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