Can’t keep nitrates up

[Jetty]

I’ve been dosing neo nitro for about 2 weeks now and I’m doing what they recommend on the bottle but can’t keep them above .05. Sometimes I get a spike up to my target but a few hours later when I test again it’s back down to .05 or 0. What can I do to keep them there.

 

[civics14]

Are you suffering from something in particular that you have to have measurable nitrates?

 

[Jetty]

I have dinos that I’m trying to get rid of. Just finished a 48 hour blackout and it helped a lot but I just want to get them up a little bit more to finish everything off. And I like to keep my nitrates around five in my system.

 

[civics14]

I have dinos that I’m trying to get rid of. Just finished a 48 hour blackout and it helped a lot but I just want to get them up a little bit more to finish everything off. And I like to keep my nitrates around five in my system.

Got it. From my personal experience, I used a UV to beat dinos, worked great.

 

[Jetty]

Got it. From my personal experience, I used a UV to beat dinos, worked great.

I have one and it doesn’t seem to have helped too much

 

[Reefer-Madness]

It took a combo of methods to get rid of dinos for me. Aside from UV and microbacter products, dosing 3% hydrogen peroxide did the trick. I dosed 1ml per 10 gals once a day after lights out for a couple of weeks. They say it’s supposed to be safe but it definitely got a reaction from my nems, zoas, and urchins so be cautious, but it works.

 

[eliphant]

I increased my tank temp slowly to 82 and ran a UV sterilizer after lights out, and dosed microbacter7. Got rid of Dinos pretty well for me.

 

[civics14]

How bad are the dinos? Can you just keep what you’re doing, maybe increase the dosage or feeding of the fish?

 

[Jetty]

I found out it’s a bad test kit but Im still battling them.

 

[Jetty]