Hey reefers..have a reefer 525 (140gl) that’s been up and running for a little over 2 months now. Started it with ocean live rock from the Fl keys. At first had decent nitrate and phosphate readings but now I’m struggling to get any nitrate readings at all. Phos is at .03. Concerned this could eventually lead to a Dinos outbreak. My bio-load is pretty small right but will go adding little by little.
- 6 blue/green chromis
- 2 Chalk bass
- Bengai cardinals
My question is this..should I start dosing some nitrate (neonitro) to bring up my nitrates? Or wait it out and let the tank do its thing? Hoping with adding livestock it will eventually solve itself but don’t want to take a chance with Dinos. This is the whole reason I decided on ocean live rock vs dry rock! Are nitrates being consumed faster than the testing can pick up? Don’t have a fuge - just a skimmer and Red Sea fleece roller. Maybe my filtration is too efficient right now for the bio load?
- 6 blue/green chromis
- 2 Chalk bass
- Bengai cardinals
My question is this..should I start dosing some nitrate (neonitro) to bring up my nitrates? Or wait it out and let the tank do its thing? Hoping with adding livestock it will eventually solve itself but don’t want to take a chance with Dinos. This is the whole reason I decided on ocean live rock vs dry rock! Are nitrates being consumed faster than the testing can pick up? Don’t have a fuge - just a skimmer and Red Sea fleece roller. Maybe my filtration is too efficient right now for the bio load?