low nutrients

I’m toying with the idea of adding just one more fish to my 90g mixed reef as I’ve been having trouble keeping nutrients up. I thought about a blenny, but I’d be worried my giant bta would eat it. I looked into an orange spotted filefish but no way with the amount of softies and LPS I have...

Hello all! New to Reef2Reef, back into the hobby after a few years. Hoping someone can put my mind at ease. My Waterbox 20 is 73 days old, I have CaribSea LifeRock and special grade live sand, cycled with Dr. Tim's. Smooth sailing up to 2 weeks ago, this algae has begun to reer its ugly...

Just want to verify that this is cyanobacteria in the images below? Tank is over 3 years old, but I replaced the substrate when I switched from a glass to an acrylic tank in June - so for a while I assumed that I had a bit of new tank syndrome. Things seemed to be improving a month or so ago...

So i've been testing weekly every parameter and i've been reading 0 nitrates for a month and 0.01-0.02 phosphates. I do water changes maybe once every two weeks or even three weeks. I feed my fish daily, 1 cube of frozen food. I have 2 banggai cardinal, 1 longnose hawkfish, 5 dascyllus melanurus...

Hey guys, So I've been dealing with chronic low nutrients throughout my fallow period in my Red Sea Reefer 250. Phosphates are 0 and Nitrates are 0 as well. I'm giving ESV B-Ionic Nitrate a shot in order to combat the issue. The problem is that there are virtually no reviews or information...

What do you guys think of this idea to beat Dinos? I have 2 tanks, both waterbox frags. My 105.4 is going on one and a half years old doing extremely well and mature. My newer Waterbox Frag 165.6 is about 5 months old and now it’s getting a Dino outbreak and my nutrients bottomed out. Can I do a...

In this thread I will be using the abbreviation C (carbon) N (nitrogen) P (phosphates) The word “Parameters” will refer to no3 and Po4 only At no given point I will be using the above abbreviations to describe parameters as it’s widely seen and confusing wend discussing ratios, Ratios are...

Afternoon all, My tank is 3 years old and up until recently I have always had high nutrient issues, which I've thrown the kitchen sink at with no lasting success until recently. I apparently hit the magic recipe or my tank finally reached stability and my tank was looking really. For the first...

Hi, Ive been out of the hobby since HS (used to be very active on Reef Aquarium Guide) but recently got back into it and got a waterbox Peninsula 25 for Christmas. Everything was going great until I moved house and left by aquarium to be looked after by family for a couple months.... when I...

Hello, Is running : - a macro algae reactor - a becket skimmer - a UV sterilzer - roller mat too much filtration ? tank is a 75g and will have about 8 fish. With rock and sand and some bio media in the sump.

Hi guys, I have been having problems for a while now with gha and diatoms and cotton candy algae in my 800litre mixed reef. I am currently using RowaPhos and NoPox and nitrates and phosphates are reading zero. I am confused tbh whether or not I have too many/ too little nutrients. I was...

I'm a bit overwhelmed by the number of Hanna Checker for phosphate. I've opened a poll to see which one you guys use. Could someone correct me if my understanding of these three checkers is wrong? And maybe suggest which one I should get? The HI774 sounds like the best choice for someone who...

Hello everyone, I'm currently battling and algae outbreak since roughly 3 months. I just started a new nano tank at the beginning of the year - everything seemed great after cycling. However, currently there is an algae outbreak I can't seem to fix. First of some parameters of my tank...

Hi all! Im just cycling a new tank with complete dry rock. I had no lights on for the first 3 month and threw a shrimp into the tank and added some bacteria. The bacteria broke down the shrimp and i had some nutrients in the tank all the time. After 3 months ive added some fish and switched...