Hello all,
I've got a 180 gal with no sump, water is usually changed 1 per week, about 25%. I tend to feed heavily (4 frozen cubes am, 4 pm) to accommodate my picky eater (CBB) and my bottom dwelling fish. I have 3 FX 6 filters that are purely used as circulation, with some sintered glass balls in them, no sponge, there is also an Icecap 4k gyre at one end of the tank.
I have recently started adding BRS kalkwasser to my ATO to raise what was a painfully low pH. I also added reef flux 2 weeks ago to get rid of bryopsis. There has been no water change to the tank for these two weeks, given the readings this am I am considering carrying one out today despite the reef flux instructions to leave the tank another week.
Here are my far from ideal readings and I'd ask for any help you can offer in getting the tank back on track. I am intending to put a display refugium onto this tank in the next couple of months, which I am hopeful will help with the phos/nitrates but given just how high it all is, I'm wanting to fix it asap.
Phosphate: 2.3
Nitrate: 40ppm
Cal: 490
pH: 8.2
Alk: 4.5 meq/l
Ammonia: 0
Mg: 1500
I've got a 180 gal with no sump, water is usually changed 1 per week, about 25%. I tend to feed heavily (4 frozen cubes am, 4 pm) to accommodate my picky eater (CBB) and my bottom dwelling fish. I have 3 FX 6 filters that are purely used as circulation, with some sintered glass balls in them, no sponge, there is also an Icecap 4k gyre at one end of the tank.
I have recently started adding BRS kalkwasser to my ATO to raise what was a painfully low pH. I also added reef flux 2 weeks ago to get rid of bryopsis. There has been no water change to the tank for these two weeks, given the readings this am I am considering carrying one out today despite the reef flux instructions to leave the tank another week.
Here are my far from ideal readings and I'd ask for any help you can offer in getting the tank back on track. I am intending to put a display refugium onto this tank in the next couple of months, which I am hopeful will help with the phos/nitrates but given just how high it all is, I'm wanting to fix it asap.
Phosphate: 2.3
Nitrate: 40ppm
Cal: 490
pH: 8.2
Alk: 4.5 meq/l
Ammonia: 0
Mg: 1500