I echo the others and say, ditch the foam filter pads. Also, it's not that you don't have enough filtration, it's that you don't have enough export. You want to get as much organic material out of the water BEFORE it gets locked into the nitrogen cycle.
Waste->ammonia->nitrite->nitrate->nitrogen.
Remove waste via skimming, and you reduce the amount of material going into the rest of the cycle. Get the organics out of the water early--with good skimming and water changes--and your nitrates will stay lower.
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