best nitrate reducing media?

[Animal-Chin]

I have an extra phosban 150 reactor laying around, I figured I'd add some nitrate media to it. Any suggestions? Biopellets? Is there a good brand or something?

 

[bond300]

What is your setup? Good amount of live rock, 10% weekly water changes, less feeding???

 

[Animal-Chin]

Oh I'm set, I've got a 125 packed with liverock and I do weekly waterchanges. My nitrates are under 5 right now so I don't have an issue really. I just have an extra reactor so I thought why not take the nitrates down to 0 instead of having it collect dust. I'm already running gfo so I have 0 phosphates...

 

[Sillyfishies]

Oh I'm set, I've got a 125 packed with liverock and I do weekly waterchanges. My nitrates are under 5 right now so I don't have an issue really. I just have an extra reactor so I thought why not take the nitrates down to 0 instead of having it collect dust. I'm already running gfo so I have 0 phosphates...

Biopellets is probably the best one, given you have a good skimmer.

 

[Fish-guy]

I tried the Nitra guard bio pellets. Reduced my nitrates from 20 ppm to 0 ppm in about 3 weeks. Great product.


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[Sniperhank]

Though not a media to run, there are great success stories from those that run algae turf scrubbers. It is an easy DIY job and not very expensive to put together.

 

[mrvincent]

NO3PO4X (NOPOX) by RedSea® with a powerfull protein skimmer everyday made my nitrates from 5ppm to 0 in less than two weeks w/o water changes.

This won't work and potencially poison your tank if you don't have protein skimmer.