what will be the best and quickest way to drop NO3

i have clam actually i just got it week ago. good size. it is on display tank. may be i will get another one soon. i have 4 fish average 2" size in 34g red sea max. just did WC 5g. so will see what will be numbers tonight. i used purple up and calcium add strait two weeks every day and ones every mount i add stabilizer little bit. iodine i never use it i don't even know what's my iodine level. i will start feeding my corals regularly soon. other than brine shrimp.

 

In my RSM the bio balls were clogged up with junk. I Removed them since I don't like using them anyway. But I would check them out. I have talked to other RSM owners on other forums that had the same problem.

 

That is what I was thinking. I have a filter sock that is a nitrate factory if I don't clean it two or three times per week. And omarD is right. A few healthy water changes with RODI water will drop the nitrates right down. Besides introducing macroalgae to take care of it, that is your best bet.

 

how macro algea? to the display tank? and railroad did you replace the BB or you moved it permanently?

 

Hey Nybatu, my tank has had 20ppm of No3 for the longest without any ill effects to the livestock. This doesnt mean that you/anyone should have them. As mentioned below, you need to find the root of the No3, WC's are good, but are a temp. fix. I also have BB, which I recently cleaned, clean out the felt pads twice a week, clean out the sponges once or twice a week, syphon the sand every week, syphon the bottom of sump every week, clean out the RP and skimmer pump once every 1-2 months, cut back on feeding, do a 25g WC every week and have a refugium and yet, my No3 dont move from 20ppm. I'm looking into replacing the BB for something else. There are many forms of removing No3 if you cant find the source or are too lazy to find it. The coil denitrator is one, but I havent used one yet(I just built one), a decent sized refugium, a Korallin BioDenitrator(
Korallin BioDenitrator S-1502 w/ Eheim 1048 Pump) but is super expensive. There are many products out there that claim the same, like Kent Marine's DE-Nitrate, Prodibio Biodigest( I have used this and it works, but in my case, I would have to use it like twice a week), AZ-No3 claims to bring down the No3 from a 100ppm to 0. AZ-NO3 Nitrate Eliminator 240mL and so on. Again, the best fix is to find the source. In my case, I think its the BB that are causing
the No3's. Hope this has helped you a bit. Luna

 

I removed them all together. If you have plenty of live rock you should not need the bioballs. But I would also do about a 20% water also. Also you might want to clean and or replace the sponges. They can get really nasty quick. good luck