Nitrate Levels High Advice Needed On Products.

[rdd1952]

I would be very careful with the Purigen. it removes ammonia, nitrite and nitrate thus making them unavailable for the nitrifying bacteria. You can become dependent on it.

 

[Japtastic]

Hmmm, wasn't aware you could become dependant on it, maybe I will stick to the JBL Nitratex then, any experience with that?

 

[businesslamb]

Hi I use the jewel nitrate removing sponge which seems to keep the nitrate level about the same as the tapwater (30ppm round here ). I also have a nitrazorb pouch (a mix of zeolites for removing ammonia, nitrite and nitrate) which I plan to use to pretreat my tap water before doing water changes to try and get the number down further.
Perhaps you could try something like that or use RO water (expensive) or alternatively use a nitragon unit (not sure where you would get one though)

Cheers

Businesslamb

 

[Japtastic]

Well the JBL Bio Nitratex is coming now anyway so I'll give that a go and see how it goes, if it works well then it will be a very inexpensive way of dealing with Nitrate as it will only cost £15 for 12 months!