Ideal nitrate parameters?

What should nitrate levels be?

  • 0-1ppm

    Votes: 6 3.5%
  • 0-5ppm

    Votes: 50 29.1%
  • 5-10ppm

    Votes: 89 51.7%
  • 15pmm+

    Votes: 27 15.7%

  • Total voters
    172

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Thanks for the info! Would you see lps not fully extend as well?

Probably, but that can happen for a lot of reasons, including flow too high, creatures irritating them, and lack of other things (calcium, alk, trace elements, etc.)
 

When to mix up fish meal: When was the last time you tried a different brand of food for your reef?

  • I regularly change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 14 33.3%
  • I occasionally change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 17 40.5%
  • I rarely change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 8 19.0%
  • I never change the food that I feed to the tank.

    Votes: 2 4.8%
  • Other.

    Votes: 1 2.4%
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