Crew's 120g Reef Tank

[crew]

Russ-IV;1037730 wrote: thought you needed a reactor for matrix to work. similar to denitrate.

I'm not sure - I have it at the bottom of a baffle so water is forced to flow through it. From what I've read, a reactor isn't essential, and it appears to be working for me as my nitrates are near undetectable. I don't even have to clean my glass more than once every 2 weeks.

 

[russ-iv]

Crew;1037734 wrote: I'm not sure - I have it at the bottom of a baffle so water is forced to flow through it. From what I've read, a reactor isn't essential, and it appears to be working for me as my nitrates are near undetectable. I don't even have to clean my glass more than once every 2 weeks.

so just chuck it in the flow and let it do it's thing? if it killed all your nitrate woes, i may get that next.

 

[crew]

Ya - I've seen pretty drastic results actually. My nitrates were routinely in the 30-40 range and I couldn't seem to get them down. I put a bag of matrix in the flow and about 4-6 weeks later, nitrates are gone. I dosed stability per the instructions to give the matrix a "boost"

 

[boosting99]

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