Need some guidance or thoughts on Nitrates and Cyano. My nitrates are at 20ppm and refuse to budge. Sps and lps show no signs of color loss but no new growth. Sps have no polyps (no bugs).
I've done decent water changes (50g a week) using instant ocean, changed all my ro/di filters, resin, flow restrictor, etc.
I run 1.5 cups of gfo and 1.5 cups of carbon.
My feeding schedule is not I every other day and diy food on opposite days. Diy food contains fresh seafood (peeled shrimp, squid, scallops and white fish). My food is prepared in my zero tds water and frozen after a blending thru the processed.
Skimming is via a swc 230 running in between dry and wet.
No debris in the sump settled or decaying.
Other numbers that I can provide:
No3 is 20 via seachem
Po4 is zero via hanna
Alk is 9.5 via Hanna
Cal is 450 via elos
Salinity is 1.025
Temp is 78
PH is 8.2
Alk is 2 part baked @ 350 degrees for 1+ hour (baking powder) (2 cups)
Cal is 2 part mixed overnight of Dowflake (2.5 cups)
Lights are all LED, reef radiance 155e for 7 hours
Flow is 2 x wp40 on else mode and 2 x no name 3600 gph water movers from online
Tiny tiny fuge lit by a par 38 for fuges (18 hours), trying to grow fern and grape calupera with no success (no growth, just green). Incorporating a 50g fuge but waiting on a bulkhead and sand.
I know there is something I'm forgetting but go ahead and give me your thoughts and ideas.
I've done decent water changes (50g a week) using instant ocean, changed all my ro/di filters, resin, flow restrictor, etc.
I run 1.5 cups of gfo and 1.5 cups of carbon.
My feeding schedule is not I every other day and diy food on opposite days. Diy food contains fresh seafood (peeled shrimp, squid, scallops and white fish). My food is prepared in my zero tds water and frozen after a blending thru the processed.
Skimming is via a swc 230 running in between dry and wet.
No debris in the sump settled or decaying.
Other numbers that I can provide:
No3 is 20 via seachem
Po4 is zero via hanna
Alk is 9.5 via Hanna
Cal is 450 via elos
Salinity is 1.025
Temp is 78
PH is 8.2
Alk is 2 part baked @ 350 degrees for 1+ hour (baking powder) (2 cups)
Cal is 2 part mixed overnight of Dowflake (2.5 cups)
Lights are all LED, reef radiance 155e for 7 hours
Flow is 2 x wp40 on else mode and 2 x no name 3600 gph water movers from online
Tiny tiny fuge lit by a par 38 for fuges (18 hours), trying to grow fern and grape calupera with no success (no growth, just green). Incorporating a 50g fuge but waiting on a bulkhead and sand.
I know there is something I'm forgetting but go ahead and give me your thoughts and ideas.