Hello everyone !
Things to know about the tank
~200l (+55g) total
+1.5 years old,
-Nitrate is always either 100 or 75 but over 50 (salifert)
-PO4 usually 0.05-0.08 at most (Hanna PO4 ULR)
About it's nitrogen cycle
cycled with about 40% live rock, fishless with dosing bacteria
-> after the cycle I always had a reading of 100 in nitrates on salifert (backed up by hanna HR)
Livestock
Scopas tang, Dragonet, Anthias, Damselfish, fire goby, (all of them are on the smaller scale)
->they get less than half a cube of mysis 1x/day
->LPS usually die... except torches?!
->Softies grow very well especially zoas.
Filtration
Bubble Magus NAC5 (pretty good skimmate, some times it's the very wet kind)
2 handful of ceramic cylinders
1 sponge
15-10% waterchange /week
The plan
I'm planning to do 2x100 waterchange, which should end with about 25ppm NO3
I'll dose 2-3mls of nopox + Na3PO4 to keep up with the phosphate consumption
Finally the most important, getting a new skimmer (Red Sea RSK300).
I'm interested in your opinions in terms of executing the plan mentioned above!
Things to know about the tank
~200l (+55g) total
+1.5 years old,
-Nitrate is always either 100 or 75 but over 50 (salifert)
-PO4 usually 0.05-0.08 at most (Hanna PO4 ULR)
About it's nitrogen cycle
cycled with about 40% live rock, fishless with dosing bacteria
-> after the cycle I always had a reading of 100 in nitrates on salifert (backed up by hanna HR)
Livestock
Scopas tang, Dragonet, Anthias, Damselfish, fire goby, (all of them are on the smaller scale)
->they get less than half a cube of mysis 1x/day
->LPS usually die... except torches?!
->Softies grow very well especially zoas.
Filtration
Bubble Magus NAC5 (pretty good skimmate, some times it's the very wet kind)
2 handful of ceramic cylinders
1 sponge
15-10% waterchange /week
The plan
I'm planning to do 2x100 waterchange, which should end with about 25ppm NO3
I'll dose 2-3mls of nopox + Na3PO4 to keep up with the phosphate consumption
Finally the most important, getting a new skimmer (Red Sea RSK300).
I'm interested in your opinions in terms of executing the plan mentioned above!