tested my water for Nitrates guess what

[Skimmerking]

what's a good type of flow should be used in a RDSB any ways i have a mag 12 that is my return and i hav a dual stack in my over flow one goes to the sump and the other on goes to the right side of the smaller tank but I would estimate its only a 100 gph should i run it a bit faster. but in order to do that i will need to add a bigger bulk head to the back of the tank, reason is the out put of the small tank is 3/4 bulkhead.

[Skimmerking]

well I spent about 1 hour taking the pods out of the sump and allowing them to go into the sand bed to get it going all the pods that i find from the sump are straight into the smaller tank with the sand bed. I hope this will work. Im going totry to get some more flow into the tank too.

[Skimmerking]

well I checked the kit for nitrates and it dropped from 30 to around 20 PPM that is weird

[PoonTang]

what brand of test kit are you using? did you add more volume to your system or do a partial water change?

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by PoonTang

what brand of test kit are you using? did you add more volume to your system or do a partial water change?

I have those Nitrate strips. I really don't believe that it would work that fast. i did do a 25 gal water change around 2 days ago and I did add another 15 gal to the system , but that shouldn't make that much of a difference. I think it s may of been the test kits where you have the range is so open. like thereading is showing 0-20-40-60-80 so there is alot of play in the kits

[PoonTang]

I wouldnt believe those strips. Try to get a sample tested at LFS or a friend using a good test kit. As for the drop, yes with the water changes and added system volume i think you may have removed/diluted enough to have a positive reaction on your reading.