I've run my tank for nearly a year now, and no matter what I've done I've never been able to keep nitrates. I'm currently feeding my fish 3 times a day both pellets and frozen (more than they eat) and spot feeding reef chili and broadcast AB+.. and yet still my nitrates are at .1 ( using side view from Salifert test). I have no skimmer, I shut my fuge light off days ago, and always run it only a few hours.
I'm wondering if its the large amount of rock I have. I only have 2 clowns, a starry blenny and cleaner shrimp to feed. I'm losing a stylopora because of this.
I know of sodium nitrate dosing, but figured more as a last resort.
Lastly. The more I feed the more this brown covers my rock. I think it's cyano. When I'm feeding normal it's very thin, it has thickened up now. It's more brown than red, brushes off very easily (but makes a mess and my corals get mad) and only covers the brightest spots in the tank. I've never seen it develop into what I know red slime to look like.
I'm wondering if its the large amount of rock I have. I only have 2 clowns, a starry blenny and cleaner shrimp to feed. I'm losing a stylopora because of this.
I know of sodium nitrate dosing, but figured more as a last resort.
Lastly. The more I feed the more this brown covers my rock. I think it's cyano. When I'm feeding normal it's very thin, it has thickened up now. It's more brown than red, brushes off very easily (but makes a mess and my corals get mad) and only covers the brightest spots in the tank. I've never seen it develop into what I know red slime to look like.