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I have a Red Sea Reefer 425 (47”x22x22”) that I’m trying to run an SPS dominant tank. I’m having trouble getting my nutrients up. My tank has a filter roller, refugium and RO 150sss skimmer. I struggle to keep my pH over 8 so I’m reluctant to shut down my refugium and skimmer (running a CO2 scrubber. I just dosed 10 mL of brightwell neo nitro and 3 hours later my nitrate is 0.05 on a Hanna and 0 on Salifert.
I currently have 12 fish in the tank:
Purple Tang
Whitetail Tang
Foxface
2x clowns
Melenarus wrasse
Coral beauty
Bicolor blenny
Watchman Goby
Fire Fish
Royal Gamma
Damsel
I’m using Avast Marine Plank with reef jerky and feeding the equivalent of 4 cubes of frozen food per day.
Should I add more fish? I don’t have agression issues currently. My tangs get along. The wrasse did kill a different fairy wrasse a month ago but everything else seems to get along. 12 fish in 4 ft tank seems about right to me.
Anything else I should do to avoid 0/0 nitrates and phosphates?
There’s no algae issues in my tank btw.
I currently have 12 fish in the tank:
Purple Tang
Whitetail Tang
Foxface
2x clowns
Melenarus wrasse
Coral beauty
Bicolor blenny
Watchman Goby
Fire Fish
Royal Gamma
Damsel
I’m using Avast Marine Plank with reef jerky and feeding the equivalent of 4 cubes of frozen food per day.
Should I add more fish? I don’t have agression issues currently. My tangs get along. The wrasse did kill a different fairy wrasse a month ago but everything else seems to get along. 12 fish in 4 ft tank seems about right to me.
Anything else I should do to avoid 0/0 nitrates and phosphates?
There’s no algae issues in my tank btw.