Hello I need a bit of advice here on a few issues.
First off my tank is fallow due to ich there IS inverts in the tank such as snails and 3 shrimp tank is about 130gal.
I recently had a hair algae outbreak (my tank has been up for about a year and a half but I got 2 Xr30s upgraded from a really cheap light which I think sparked it)
The hair algae is near gone thanks to my inverts and running some GFO Phosphate ranges from about 0.02 - 0.05 depending on when I test and when I feed corals.
The problems I am having is REALLY low nitrates since I am Fallow atm I have been trying to keep up with feeding corals RN oyster feast, RN phytoplankton, and red seas AB+.
I try to throw in a few pellets for the shrimp but I dont think this is keeping up with what I need for nitrates to stay atleast detectable and I do not want a Dino outbreak what should i do? I turned off the protein skimmer tonight thinking I shouldnt be skimming 24/7 with no fish in the tank not sure if this will help or not. I still have GFO in the tank to try and rid of all the hair algae left and (some) diatoms.
The other BIG issue I am having is keeping Alkalinity, calcium, and PH stable or even in a good range. Tonight I tested alk at 6.8 DKH and Calc at 370ppm my Mag seems to be fine so do I just start playing with some kalk wasser I am really not sure what to do here.
As far as corals in the tank I have some Torches, hammers, polyps, Goni's, and Zoas.
Any advice would HUGELY be appreciated.
First off my tank is fallow due to ich there IS inverts in the tank such as snails and 3 shrimp tank is about 130gal.
I recently had a hair algae outbreak (my tank has been up for about a year and a half but I got 2 Xr30s upgraded from a really cheap light which I think sparked it)
The hair algae is near gone thanks to my inverts and running some GFO Phosphate ranges from about 0.02 - 0.05 depending on when I test and when I feed corals.
The problems I am having is REALLY low nitrates since I am Fallow atm I have been trying to keep up with feeding corals RN oyster feast, RN phytoplankton, and red seas AB+.
I try to throw in a few pellets for the shrimp but I dont think this is keeping up with what I need for nitrates to stay atleast detectable and I do not want a Dino outbreak what should i do? I turned off the protein skimmer tonight thinking I shouldnt be skimming 24/7 with no fish in the tank not sure if this will help or not. I still have GFO in the tank to try and rid of all the hair algae left and (some) diatoms.
The other BIG issue I am having is keeping Alkalinity, calcium, and PH stable or even in a good range. Tonight I tested alk at 6.8 DKH and Calc at 370ppm my Mag seems to be fine so do I just start playing with some kalk wasser I am really not sure what to do here.
As far as corals in the tank I have some Torches, hammers, polyps, Goni's, and Zoas.
Any advice would HUGELY be appreciated.
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