+mcallahan Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 On Monday of this week, I added a HOB phosphate reactor (see blog for more details) and I pulled my 2 Tunze Nano skimmers out of the tank in anticipation of picking up a HOB skimmer from Bill_B. I decided to check my nitrates this am to see if they were elevated due to not having my skimmers running, but to my amazement, they've DROPPED. They are down to > 10ppm when they were @ 15ppm on Sunday. I can't see how removing a skimmer would help drop your nitrates, but perhaps it has something to do with the phosphates dropping...which doesn't make any sense either. Anyone got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKarshens Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I don't think there is anyway that pulling the skimmers could possibly lower your nitrates. I would guess that the phosphate remover is doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 I don't think there is anyway that pulling the skimmers could possibly lower your nitrates. I would guess that the phosphate remover is doing it. Interesting. I've never read about a Phosphate reactor dropping nitrates, but I guess it could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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