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How to get rid of ammonia & nitrates
How do I get rid of these? I can't use prime b/c someone told me it's not good for my skimmer. Do I just do a water change? If so how much and what do I add if anything if it will help? Or is there something I can buy to help me with this? It DOES NOT have to be reef safe treatment.
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Ammonia should break down naturally from the bacteria in your tank unless your bio-load is too high or feeding too much. Water changes will reduce the nitrates, weekly 10% should be sufficient. I know a number of people who use prime (myself included occasionally) with skimmers with no ill effects. I don't know how effective it actually is at removing nitrates as it claims however. There is a number of products that claim to detoxify nitrates but I have no experience with them, water changes have always worked for me.
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i use prime and run a skimmer. always have and have had no issues. many fish stores that run skimmers also use prime in their water!
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just turn your skimmer off for about an hour after you add water or do a water change. I have a rsm 250 and everything so far sets off my skimmer so when I add water or anything I shut my skimmer down, then just turn it on after. I also found on some of the more finiky skimmers a.p. water conditioner was way better, not the stuff with aloe but the basic stuff, my old aqua-c used to go retarded over any thing but that stuff
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If you always are having ammonia in your tank your load is too high or you are over feeding. How much LR do you have in your tank ? How often do you feed and how are you feeding ? Nitrates are pritty normal . Fish can tolerate them on the lower levels . To have 0 nitrates in your water you will need to run a refug with chaeto in it or have a DSB.
Also like stated before turn of your skimmer when your doing your water change. I turn mine of as well as the lights . Becuase as the water level goes down the light impact will increase and it can bleach out some of your coraline or shock your corals. |
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