hello guys. i have a 180g reef tank with a 75 g sump. I've been having nitrates issues for a little while now,running at 5.0 ppm using api and now out of no where they have jumped to 20ppm!!! i have been doing water changes in 30 gallons increments. i recently did 3 water changes in a week...

So my tank has been up for around 4 months and I run a skimmer and have 45 lbs of lr. I added about 25lbs of that rock about a month ago and my nitrates are now at 80ish ppm. I only have one fish, a couple crabs (its a 55 gallon), and a soft coral. The thing looks amazing though, it's got great...

Hi, I have a 75 gallon aquarium with a moderate to high bioload, I have been struggling to get nitrates down as low as possible but am having a hard time. I do 20% water changes every week and a half it seems. Have about 80 lbs of live rock, Octopus NWB-110 skimmer and use about 2L of Matrix...

Hey all, I am beginning to struggle with nitrates in my 90 Gallon FOWLR. My current readings are Amonia 0% Nitrites 0% Nitrates 35 ppm The tank has been cycling for about 3 months now. I began the cycle with raw shrimp for 3-4 weeks before I saw amonia and nitrite drop to 0%. Nitrate was...

Hi reef tank members.I have a 55g mixed reef tank with a fluval 405 mechanical filtration with carbon.I have had the system running for about 2 years with good parameters, nitrites 0, ammonia 0, but my nitrates are 25ppm. I do a 10% water change every week with ro and Kent marine salt.and top up...

Ok, after having problems with nitrate reduction in my 260 gal mixed reef paying the high cost of 75 gallon waterchanges weekly and nitrates only going down slightly. I have purchased a Large Aquaripure Nitrate Filter. I am starting this due to general lack of knowlege about this type of...

I have a 90 gallon tank, it has been running for about a year, i have had nothing but problems with nitrates, when the tank was three months old the lfs came and looked at the tank, they stated a refugium would solve the issue, they removed the bio balls and and installed a 10 gallon refugium...