Hi Folks,
I'm fairly new here though I've had my tank for several years. I got into it big time and then slowly slacked off. I continued to do routine maintenance but only that. I recently started to reagin interest. My problem is that my nitrate level tends to stay high even after a water change (20-25%). I have an emperor 400 filter, a cyclone skimmer and a waterjet? I have a 6" engineer, 2" Clown, 2" Sgt Major, 3" Flameangle, 3" Blue Hippo and a 3" Yellow Tang. I also have about 15 Red legs and 2 Turbo Snails. I was thinking about removing the Filter and just going with the live rock and skimmer. Any help would be great. Here are a couple pic's.
I'm fairly new here though I've had my tank for several years. I got into it big time and then slowly slacked off. I continued to do routine maintenance but only that. I recently started to reagin interest. My problem is that my nitrate level tends to stay high even after a water change (20-25%). I have an emperor 400 filter, a cyclone skimmer and a waterjet? I have a 6" engineer, 2" Clown, 2" Sgt Major, 3" Flameangle, 3" Blue Hippo and a 3" Yellow Tang. I also have about 15 Red legs and 2 Turbo Snails. I was thinking about removing the Filter and just going with the live rock and skimmer. Any help would be great. Here are a couple pic's.