Nitrates

[jkidd155]

Wats better for nitrates a bio pellet reactor or marine pure?

 

[theMeat]

Bio pellets, but if you strip to much nutrients=bad

didn't you just post your nitrate are 10ppm. What's the problem

 

[jkidd155]

I'm gonna transition 2 da triton method I have marine pure 4 my nitrates but triton said that over time it leaches aluminum bk into the tank

 

[theMeat]

Doesn't remove aluminum so it doesn't leach it back into tank. But you're correct. There is a debate on whether it releases aluminum. Highly debated, and so many variables it's impossible to conclude that it's marinepur, or if it is, that it raises levels hi enough to have an ill effect on the tank. The one thing that does seem clear is that if it's in a low flow area, and hasn't been cleaned regularly, that spots with low enough oxygen are the cause.

Either way, if you're spending the money to do triton than you don't need the marinepur, but you already spent the money on the marinepur. If there's one thing in this hobby I've learned, it's that slow and steady wins the race. Keep changing things around and you never find success, or nail down what works, and most times create more problems than you solve.

 

[jkidd155]

So should da marine pure be rinsed monthly?

 

[jkidd155]

Gonna stick 2 wats been working as far as nitrates do I keep them at 0 or raise them a little I currently have a lps softies tank wit fish live rock n sand

 

[theMeat]

Rinse half every 4-6 months with tank water. Nitrates under 15ppm are fine

 

[vio]

Lot of ppl. complain about Marine Pure Blocks, about Aluminium ( in special if you have only SPS)
Bio-Pellets works very well, IF you know how to use, NOT easy on small tanks, you better try to grow Micro Algae ( Chaetto).
2-5 ppm Nitrate is just fine, 0.02 to 0.06 PO4 just fine.

 

[jkidd155]

don't have a refuge as far as filtration I have 2 marin pure blocks gfo n carbon reactor