No the ammonia is at 0 after three days not the nitrate.
Derek Walter wrote:
>
> 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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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 11:09 AM
> Subject: need help
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> > 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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