Water Chemistry

I just figured out that my nitrate test kit was not reading right and got a new test kit and it says my nitrate levels are 20-40 ppm. I am going to do a water change right away but I qam wondering if there are any other metods for reducing nitrate. Also is this level of nitrate too high??? my gha is almost gone but there appears to be more brown algae. All the other readings seem good . Thanks Kitch40

Last Thursday we closed on the new house in Charlotte. The family and I went to the mountains of NC for the weekend and I snuck down to the Atlanta Reef Club for their frag swap and presentations. The swap was great, lots of fraggers and some vendors with their products up on display. Not only were they there to help explain their products but many of them contributed to the raffle. The presentations were on sumps, plumbing, and aquascaping. Marc Levenson spent about two hours on his topic ...

so the time has come for me to replace my test kits as they have dried up and or expired.

has anyone got anyone got any recommendations?

i may actually get round to posting something pertinent on here soon.

John

We are having a problem with decreasing salinity. It has only happened over the last couple of weeks. We have an ATO system, and we change water once a week. We use the same salinity measurements every water change. What is causing this? The drop is going from 025 down to 020. I know you have to replace evaporated water with RO, but the salt should stay because it doesn't evaporate. Any suggestions?

in the next couple of months i will be upgrading from my 40 breeder to a 75, i got a deal i couldnt resist. In the 40, i have some aptasia, not out of control, but i still dont like them. I am also fighting bubble algae right now as well. I would love to not have these issues in the new tank. Since i know ahead of time would it be a good idea to cook a good portion of my rock, or would it make more problems upgrading to a bigger tank with less "live" rock. Also, how would it effect my ...