Wet dry set up and high Nitrates help please

[mudduck]

I’m interested in opinions on my set up! My nitrates stay elevated in my 250 gallon tank I don’t over feed and I don’t have nitrates in city water. I do weekly water changes 50-75% and clean wet dry pads weekly giant canister gets cleaned every 6-8 weeks. This is my wet dry set up and I’m starting to question it or the way I have it set up..https://youtu.be/F8glVEmQA10

[mudduck]

[brianyelick]

If it's a brand new filter and media you might not have enough beneficial bacteria built up yet.

[mudduck]

2.5 years old same fish same load

[renoguy]

how high is high and what is the nitrates in the tap water?

[rare]

You have zero nirtrates in city water. That's a good start! The 2nd side of your wet/dry is that the Eheim substrata Bio-Media? Looks very compact and could be 1 reason for high nitrates. Either remove or clean it every other week. Best to place in a net bag then remove and rinse it out. Giant canister is another nitrate factory got to clean it out more often. Why not have the wet-dry for your biological filtration. Then your 2262 for polishing the water and clean out that pad at least once a week or every 2 weeks. See if that help. I will like to know your nitrate levels and what fish and how many?

[mudduck]

Nov 20, 2018 17:42:17 GMT -5 rare said:

You have zero nirtrates in city water. That's a good start! The 2nd side of your wet/dry is that the Eheim substrata Bio-Media? Looks very compact and could be 1 reason for high nitrates. Either remove or clean it every other week. Best to place in a net bag then remove and rinse it out. Giant canister is another nitrate factory got to clean it out more often. Why not have the wet-dry for your biological filtration. Then your 2262 for polishing the water and clean out that pad at least once a week or every 2 weeks. See if that help. I will like to know your nitrate levels and what fish and how many?

I cleaned the media with tank water and did 75% water change Sunday it came
Down to 60-80 range today I did another 50% water change will
Check in am. I had a lot of waste under the media I got
All of
It up also. I have 12 Moshi Petrochromis 14-15 Trewavasae two green muragu, one bristle nose, four Malawi trout, and couple 3-4 Trewavasae fry! Tank is 8’ long and 250 gallons thanks for
The inout my friend

[rare]

Just got to keep both the 2262 & the wet/dry as clean as possibl. You do have a heavy load in there. Next question... Do you have a bare-bottom aquarium or what substrate? If bare bottom might be your best choice cause you will be able to clean their poop with easy before it has a chance to break down. If you are handy, a algae scrubber might be your ticket as well.