Lippa Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Thought I'd share my nitrate test, its been 4 months since water change. 600lt tank with 3 frontosa 3 petricoli 3 Julie's and around 20 brichardi and a sailfin pleco. i have about 10 lts of marine pure in the filter plus some mr Aqua noodles and about 1lt matrix. cheers Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellows Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Is this wright your saying you haven't done a water change in 4 months because of marine pure if that's the case I will be placing an order with The Tech Den asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lippa Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 yup 4 months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellows Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Dam there are so many question you could ask here, what filter are you running, how often do you feed, what size tank etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I have at least 20 lts of marine pure, 40 lts of K1, heaps of matrix, bags of coral, bio balls, different densities of foam, all in a 6ft sump, and I'm doing 50% water changes every week to keep the nitrates down to around 20. Go figure. Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wogboy Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Haha, marine pure, jeez 10litres would cost some coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfishy84 Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Mileage will vary depending on your oxygen levels for de-nitrification and bio load. In saying that, I don't generally play around with de-nitrification. Nitrate in my opinion is not the only reason to change water, I like to use it as a water change indicator which tells me when to reduce my level of various nasties of which Nitrate is included. Don't forget your fish would surely appreciate trace elements every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbunamad Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I am a believer in huge volume water changes. You can use all the latest and greatest filter media you like [not a dig at filter media] but the same water stays in your system. You just cant beat fresh water. JMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Water change for the win imho. It also makes my fish horny Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofties Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Nitrate levels have nothing to do with marine pure or any other form of bio media. Low nitrate levels depend upon how heavily stocked your tank is, how much and how often you feed, how often you water change, etc. If I've learnt anything on this forum, that's what I've learnt. All the long term/old timers in the hobby preach this. Listen to these guys^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th3f0rg0t3n Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 small fish = small bio load though , its possible BUT are you shaking test 2 for the nitrate for the full 30 seconds + before adding the drops too vial ? one of my single fish would eat poop & pee more nitrate in a day , let alone 4months & i use atleast 5+ litres of marine pure per tank. if the nitrates stay below 40ppm , im a happy man with no stress. love the results though mate, maybe post a few pictures of your tank / filtration if you can be bothered ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lippa Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Just re-tested shook the bejesus outta the bottles same result fish are fed morning at night around 8 algae wafers daily plus three good pinches of NLS chiclid pellets ocean nutrition lobster eggs and mysysis shrimp on alternate days. wasnt my intention to go 4 months, ive just had a particular busy year. and ideally i like to WC evry fortnight, i guess my reason for posting was to show that this media does what it claims a somehow works on nitrates too. pics to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delapool Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Thanks for the post Did you have to slow water flow down to get denitrification to be more efficient? Just curious if you did any testing along the way on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wogboy Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 The dog looks impressed! I have marine pure blocks and they do not reduce my nitrates much at all, this was in my 6 foot tank, had roughly 28 fish in there though, medium sized haps. Yes bio load has a lot to do with nitrate levels, but also agree that water changes trump denitrification in almost all cases, not that other forms do not work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litigator666 Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) i have a few packs of marine pure on my cannisters - cubes, spheres, and BIG blocks and I never been lucky enough to get a "yellow" result. Best result on my test kit was 5-10 ppm. even have hydra streams. pothos and bakkis on my top filter and a twice a week 25% water change. Would love to get it to zero but seems impossible in my tank. FORGOT, I was also spending some money on purigen/macropore. All that I can read about stuff that can aid the tank to be in check - i try to sample and use them... Edited December 12, 2015 by litigator666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lippa Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 I am the lazy aquarist! My tank runs a weir either side Of the tank I get the same sorta Media volume you'd get from a 3 foot sump. Tanks has 2 max. 2000l/h pumps to run the weirs Nothing deliberate done to slow the flow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stoney Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Beautiful tank [MENTION=7761]Lippa[/MENTION] I envy your nitrate reading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Sand and texas are likely contributing. Also, and this is something from the dark ages.... the water behind back ground may be causing a plenum effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfishy84 Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Sand and texas are likely contributing. Also, and this is something from the dark ages.... the water behind back ground may be causing a plenum effect. So you think the background could be producing low flow anaerobic conditions or could it be heterotrophic bacteria going to town on the built up organic carbon behind the wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ageofaquariums Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 So you think the background could be producing low flow anaerobic conditions yep. Its like a side plenum. Which I have never seen before. Bit of an unknown, but I do like to complicate things where possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfishy84 Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 yep.Its like a side plenum. Which I have never seen before. Bit of an unknown, but I do like to complicate things where possible. I don't know much about nitrogen gas, but so long as it was releasing behind the wall it would be fish safe in theory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
