Nitra Safe

[mark456]

hi ive just purchased some nitrasafe for the first time and am a bit confused to know the best way how to use it. My lfs told me to soak it in a bucket of tapwater for a few hours which i did to no affect what so ever, my nitrates were still the same. after reading up the intructions it gives totaly different advice by saying either drop in a filter or to drop in the aquarium its self by flowing water. Anyone used it before cause at the moment im thinking is it a waste of money and just another gimmick. thanks

 

[modernhamlet]

No idea if it actually works, but here's what I found with a google search:

Nitrasafe is a nitrate-removing chemical in a cloth bag. This can be installed in an external canister filter or where there is a good water flow. This can remove up to 7000 mg of nitrate. This would reduce the nitrate level in a 100 litres of water from 100 parts per million to a more reasonable 30 parts per million. This product may appear initially expensive, but like the nitrate removal unit it can be recharged with dishwasher salt, so it can be used many times before exhausted. Nitrasafe is for freshwater us only.

Unless your tapwater is very high in nitrates, I don't see the point in using this over regular water changes.

 

[Rodders]

I put mine in the filter so it was in flowing water as your spose too.

To recharge it you pass salt water through it first for about 1 hour, then tap water for an hour. But its got to flow slowly. I think thats the way round.

It took mine to zero, cause I had extra high levels in my tap water.

 

[mark456]

thanks for the replies, i will see how it goes and let you know