Letter To Wally

so times you win sometimes its others
at least he sharing in his sucsesses with you with some xenia cuts

 

Dude - I totally feel your pain. I really do.

Right now, my tank is looking the best it has ever looked since I set it up (6-7 months ago) - except - I cannot get rid of my nitrate problem...

My nitrates used to be between 80 and 100 .

I setup a remote deep sand bed - and waited 3+ months. No perceivable difference.

I built a coil-denitrator and thought I had it licked as it seemed to cycle in about 3 weeks. Then the damn thing cycled again. And Again. And again!

Every time the coil denitrator cycles - it takes weeks. Just when the nitrate level of the effluent seems to be ssssslllllllllooooooowwwwwwllllllllly approaching a reasonable level - wham - the levels spike again and the whole process restarts. Over and over and over...

For the last 4-6 weeks, my nitrate levels have stabilized at 20 (probably from the deep sand bed?). But I cannot get it any lower!!!!!

Arrrggghhh!

In a round about way - what I am getting at is I understand your frustration. The problem is different - but the frustration is the same.

Z

 

Glad you got the non-serious nature of my post

 

arty-smi

 

That couch ain't big enough, fella.

 

Come on, we need to hear from YOU now Wally!!
Great read Sparky, some guys have all the luck!! My corals are thriving, but my fish die, WTF?? Frustrating, and I haven't had enough fish die to say something is wrong with my tank, but after 2 I'm very discouraged also!