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I know this is an old phrase but I think I have tried everything and I looking for some feedback.
My 5-6 year old nano have never been able to produce the result I'm striving for.
My problem is basically that my corals are not growing. I have SPS that survive but are super slow growing and there are no such thing as color. They are pale and I often get STN.
My other corals basically the same. Slow growing with dull color.
My system is pretty basic.
25g of water.
Hydra 26hd (~200-250 par at the sps, AB+)
Curve a5 DC skimmer (running at night)
Filter floss.
Dosing 5 ml of AF 1,2,3
Some Bio media .
Here are my parameters.
Alk 7.6 (stable - using hanna )
Ca 420
Mg 1400
Nitrate at 0-0.2 ( I'm guessing this is the problem, but I will come back to this)
Po4 0.02
Temp 25.5
I went bare bottom 4 years ago, ever since then I have had very low nutrient.
I think my corals are starving, therefore I tried dosing coral foods - both liquid like AA and other KZ products but also reef roids.
I also tried adding more fish to increase the bio load, but I still have close to zero nitrate.
For water changes I don't do much. I mostly see negative effects from WC's. Maybe from removing what little nutrients that are available?
I have been reluctant to try nitrate dosing because I also have algae growth - though at a accelerate rate.
But now I order some NaNo3 to see if that might do the trick.
So I'm interested in hearing if anyone can spot some potential issues and maybe some advice/critique on trying nitrate dosing?
My 5-6 year old nano have never been able to produce the result I'm striving for.
My problem is basically that my corals are not growing. I have SPS that survive but are super slow growing and there are no such thing as color. They are pale and I often get STN.
My other corals basically the same. Slow growing with dull color.
My system is pretty basic.
25g of water.
Hydra 26hd (~200-250 par at the sps, AB+)
Curve a5 DC skimmer (running at night)
Filter floss.
Dosing 5 ml of AF 1,2,3
Some Bio media .
Here are my parameters.
Alk 7.6 (stable - using hanna )
Ca 420
Mg 1400
Nitrate at 0-0.2 ( I'm guessing this is the problem, but I will come back to this)
Po4 0.02
Temp 25.5
I went bare bottom 4 years ago, ever since then I have had very low nutrient.
I think my corals are starving, therefore I tried dosing coral foods - both liquid like AA and other KZ products but also reef roids.
I also tried adding more fish to increase the bio load, but I still have close to zero nitrate.
For water changes I don't do much. I mostly see negative effects from WC's. Maybe from removing what little nutrients that are available?
I have been reluctant to try nitrate dosing because I also have algae growth - though at a accelerate rate.
But now I order some NaNo3 to see if that might do the trick.
So I'm interested in hearing if anyone can spot some potential issues and maybe some advice/critique on trying nitrate dosing?