Nitrate SPIKE!!!!!!

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by ChizerBunoi

But in your case you were carbon dosing so it is essential to have one. But if the person was wasn't carbon dosing and was just doing w/c and GFO, they wouldn't require it.

I run carbon as well (not dosing though), but it is the bio pellets that require a skimmer. I dose MB7 to make the bio pellets more effective which is what brings down the nitrates. The MB7 also helps prevent cyano, mulm, clumping and other problems related to heavy bio pellet application.

[mrhasan]

Thanks everyone for the wonderful insights And sorry for the late reply; I was away from my laptop since morning.

Well I did a 50% water change today and the nitrate seems to have come down below 20ppm. Corals are a bit torn up right now. Almost everyone is closed (other than the freaking mushrooms!). Acros, oh well, are leaching mucus like they always do whenever disturbed. Fishes are doing well, as if nothing have changed. I don't know how but my cleaner and snails didn't get affected by the high nitrate. I just hope the corals open up soon. It has been like 4 hours and they still look beaten up.

Added a new pouch of chemi pure elite in the HOB. Also added natural denitrifier.

Was thinking of preparing another 5gallon water change for tomorrow. Should I do it or wait for a day or two?