nuxx Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 That's a lot of work. Hopefully it will all be worth it soon. LOL yeah... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Now that your nitrates are much lower, why don't you just run some GFO to scrub the phosphates lower? They would keep you from having to do anymore water changes for the immediate future. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 Now that your nitrates are much lower, why don't you just run some GFO to scrub the phosphates lower? They would keep you from having to do anymore water changes for the immediate future. Just a thought. Yeah I have everything just sitting around in the dining room. Will do two more and put everything away. Just bought a Phosban 550 reactor, GFO and a small DC pump. Will start up the reactor this weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 200 Gallons later: Temp 78.5Alk 8.8Salinity 1.026N03 8 pmmP04 0.18Calc 490 ppmPH 8.13 So basically P04 went down .01 and Nitrates went down 2-4. Hooking up my GFO reactor tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 That's awesome! Don't strip the phosphates too fast! You can have some negative effects of that too! I'd go half the recommended amount in the reactor and then slowly ramp up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 How's the tank looking? Numbers are looking much better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 That's awesome! Don't strip the phosphates too fast! You can have some negative effects of that too! I'd go half the recommended amount in the reactor and then slowly ramp up! Yeah was going to start at half. Then probably change out every week. Reburn approved... How's the tank looking? Numbers are looking much better! Looking fine, fish seem happy. Frogspawn stopped dropping heads and is expanding. I think the Acros were too far gone to really look any different. Some haven't fully been nuked... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emu1sive Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I know I am late to the party but I have used API's kit for nitrate a bajillion times and there's a trick to making it work right. Step 1) Shake the bottle 2) Bang bottle on counter 3) Shake that bottle until your hand is numb Doing this has changed a reading from 0 to actually showing an accurate nitrate reading. My not very helpful random fact of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 4. Toss in the trash. Seth's API kit worked. My old API kit worked. My newer API kit still shows ~ 0-5. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Lol! 5. Buy Salifert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 Lol! 5. Buy Salifert Really digging the Rea Sea Nitrate Pro kit. Also the Hannas are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Lol! 5. Buy Salifert Really digging the Rea Sea Nitrate Pro kit. Also the Hannas are great. That's exactly what I use. Hanna's for alk and PO4 and Red Sea Pro kits for pretty much everything else. Top that off with a digital refractometer and you pretty much have my testing setup right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuxx Posted June 18, 2015 Author Share Posted June 18, 2015 Yeah they work great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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