Re: Nitrate Problem

Hi Heather

Sometimes old tank syndrome can be reversed by both reseeding the sand
bed and dropping the nitrates so the bed and denitrifers can recover.
AZ-NO3 will drop the nitrates back to zero in around 30 days per
100ppm of nitrates and probably take care of the algae problem as
well.

TTUL
Gary


[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Heather) verbositized:

>I have a 55 gallon reef aquarium with a plenum filter.  Been pretty
>stable for a couple of years. However, recently I have had a bizarre
>problem with my nitrate levels.  My Amonia is 0 ppm.  My Nitrites are
>0 ppm.  But my Nitrates are between 80-160 ppm.  I've done several
>partial water changes over the past week but it seems to have no
>effect.  My Ph level is 7.8.  I have been having some minor red algae
>trouble. I am not losing life - everyone seems happy and healthy -
>except for the red algae I keep having to clean off.
>
>Anyone got any idea what is causing this?
>Anyone got any idea what I can do to fix this?
>
>Heather