alagal blooms

Hi All, So I noticed some very small patches of this brown alage on my rocks recently. My tank is a well established mixed reef around 100 gallons totally system volume. After my recent test this afternoon I am seeing phosphates at 0.05 and nitrates at .1 I have read over the amazing Dino...

Hi everyone!! We all have read about nitrates, its reduction, toxicity to reef in some ways etc etc. But alot of people have different views for nitrates: 1) Some say, it should be kept less then 10 or 15ppm. 2) Some say below 10-15ppm their reef doesn’t survive. 3) Some say keeping nitrates...