Bringing down nitrates

[lsu_fishfan]

So for the past few weeks my 60 gallon has had high trates. I'm not the one to test the tank until recently, so I didn't here about the high levels until they where around 25ppm. I have been giving it my best efforts to bring them down through daily to every 3 day water changes. When I tested yesterday, the test looked like it was between 10-15ppm. My dad wants to get a bio pellet reactor, but I don't think it's nessicary to spend the money for one, seeing how the water changes seem to be bringing down the trates. I have lost a few corals from this experience, and will not be over feeding to the extent of pulling the trates to 25ppm. Do y'all think that it's nessicary to get the reactor, or just keep doing water changes until its in the right levels?

 

[camellia]

If you don't want to spend the money on a reactor you could make your own denitrator pretty cheap.
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/diydenitratorplans/ss/sbscoildenitrat_4.htm#step-heading">http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/diydenitratorplans/ss/sbscoildenitrat_4.htm#step-heading</a>
This will help you keep your nitrates under control long term and easy to maintain.

 

[marquiseo]

You don't need to. I use purigen by seachem and it has been making my nitrates to 0 to the point where I need to up my feeding. It has been that way for about a month and half since I have added it. I was really skeptical at first but now I am convinced. I just tested last night to see if I had used to much food to feed the corals along with my Red Sea Coral Energy A & B and it was still 0 (Red Sea). I don't have any nuisance algae growing like hair algae and bryopsis because I use Seachem phosguard as well. My phosphates are undetectable by my salifert test kit, even when I use it as a sensitive test by doubling up. But because these low nutrients, my People Eater palythoas (red and green) are "acting out".