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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I personally believe marine pure reduces nitrates because marine pure is all I have in my system, been over a year now, and I have had zero nitrates since then. And phosphates. Prior to that I had too much nutrients. I actually think it does WAY too good of a job because I have tried everything except for dosing nitrates and phosphates to get them up. More than doubling the amount of food I feed, adding a ton of fish, etc.. No matter what i do I can't raise it.
I will say I am a firm believer that the marine pure does leach aluminum. Every time i have Triton test my water aluminum is elevated.
So all things being the same, and if the blocks are responsible for the AL, then future Triton tests should show a reduction with frequent water changes. I've had a block in my fuge for about 5 years. Things are going well so I'm hesitant to move it out but would like to do so... following and hoping you continue to post Triton results.
To use it for nitrate reduction you need minimal flow over/around the MarinePure block but if yours is crumbling then it's possible that you have one of the forged blocks that was doing the rounds a while ago. I have had my MarinePure block in my sump for around the same time and it's still as solid as the day it went in. I have it in the return pump section tight against two walls and the water slot nearly blocked off where the block is from my refugium so very little water can travel through the block and it's submerged all the time. I have never had a raised alum reading on my ICP test and my nitrates are 0 or just over all the time. I have never removed the block for cleaning either as it only gets a bit of ditritus settling on it which is vacuumed off.I will try to update this thread with a future test, I like to do them every 6 months so fall time we should see a drop with all other things consistent. Im sure if mine is leaching its from the crumbling as my drain empties near the block, so one could argue I'm not using it correctly.
To use it for nitrate reduction you need minimal flow over/around the MarinePure block but if yours is crumbling then it's possible that you have one of the forged blocks that was doing the rounds a while ago. I have had my MarinePure block in my sump for around the same time and it's still as solid as the day it went in. I have it in the return pump section tight against two walls and the water slot nearly blocked off where the block is from my refugium so very little water can travel through the block and it's submerged all the time. I have never had a raised alum reading on my ICP test and my nitrates are 0 or just over all the time. I have never removed the block for cleaning either as it only gets a bit of ditritus settling on it which is vacuumed off.
Is there water flow through and around the plates?My MP blocks are doing nothing for nitrate. Even tho I have 2 stacked in my sump, am thinking they are 2 porous, receiving 2 much O2 and instead of reducing nitrate, are a very good nitrate factory. Am thinking of going "old school", pulling them and making a mini deep sand bed in Tupperware for the sump.
Yes, there is flow. My question is, is there too much flow? Am I cultivating anaerobic bacteria, which I desire, or aerobic bacteria, which I don't want. I suspect the latter