Nitrate SPIKE!!!!!!

[mrhasan]

Having an extremely bad day (both in terms of tank and in terms of me).

I noticed for the last few days that my corals are blooming at the best. So today I checked my nitrate and found it above 40ppm :O :O :O

I started thinking what can be the cause and then realized that I have been heavily feeding my tank for the last few days and that must be the result of this spike! The last spike I had was like 4 months back when I didn't have any chaeto but afterwards, my nitrates always remained undetectable (chaeto was doing a great work!) till now.

Besides, my rainbow paly got infected with bacteria so took it out; elegance died (was imminent; it was an indo and was not looking good from the beginning) and had to throw away a gorg. My red monti cap got white marks (nitrate issue); red montidigi became white at the base and the birdnest also got a white base. Broke the white base of birdnest and glued it to the rock but can't do the same with the monti (too thick).

10gallon saltwater is been prepared as I am writing this. Will do a 50% change tomorrow morning and cut down on feeding double time!

I just hope I don't get too much die off. Will be a big loss

Would love to get some suggestion on this situation