What are you feeding? That seems to be the key to your nitrates, as when you
don't feed for 3 days the nitrate is zero.
Derek
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From: "David Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 11:09 AM
Subject: need help
> all right it's been quite sometime since I moved my aquarium and still
> the ammonia is fluctuating between .25 and zero. In fact I have only
> seen a reading of 0 twice. After not feeding for 3 days. What do I do
> now. I have a 75 gal aquarium w/ 75lbs of live rock. It has a sump
> with a berlin skimmer and a heater and a return pump. I have two
> oscillating pumps in the main tank as well as the return. I have taken
> out all of the crushed coral per Ron and Shane. What do I do now. I
> have a sailfin tang, a mandarine goby, 2 scarlet shrimp, 2 fire shrimp,
> and 1 banded starfish. I feed once a day about 1/3 to 1/2 of a block of
> formula 1 or 2. What can I do to reduce the ammonia or build up the
> denitrifying bacteria. The temp is 78, ph is 8.2, ammonia is .25,
> nitrite is 0, nitrate is about 20, calcium is about 350-375, and dkh is
> 9.8. Any help would be appreciated. Should I get more live rock maybe
> I don't have enough. The live rock is fiji and there is not a lot of
> sponges on it. I have recently started getting some algae so I have
> changed my bulb in the normal output fixture. I changed it because the
> tank has been up and running for about 1 year now. I did move it after
> about 6 months to my new house. Even if the rock dried out over four or
> five hours would it not be back to normal after four months. I don't
> have a clue what to do anymore.
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