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Yes it did lol
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Did Reef2reef change their format/website? I'm using my phone it looks way different today. Anyone else seeing this?
Not yet, if you bought a bottle please post your experiences while using it.
Thanks for the feedback. My tank started out similar to yours. I was under the impression that you wanted zero, or almost zero N03 and P04. Only when I had no nutrients in the tank did I have problems with GHA and Cyano. Since my levels came up I've had very little, if any, algae.I killed a torch and damaged a Sinularia in my 65g tank by over-dosing LC due to a bad PO4 test kit. After that I changed to NoPoX as I was battling GHA and thought reducing NO3 and PO4 was the solution. Ultimately it wasn’t and I had a working tank starting at 0.00 NO3 and 0.02 Po4.
I stopped dosing NoPoX in Feb and dealt with the GHA at that time. So I effectively started with an ULN tank. As NO3 and PO4 started to rise everything got better and happier. NO3 quickly rose to 1.5 and PO4 to 0.04. After 6 weeks NO3 dropped to 0.25 and has stayed there ever since. PO4 dropped to 0.02 but has gradually risen to be now 0.08. I have been feeding much more generously in the last 2 months and will continue to do so.
I run a skimmer, filter socks (225 micron mesh) and a sponge (RSR 250). The skimmer and socks are cleaned weekly, sponge every 6 weeks when I do a 15% WC. AF dosing 24x7 via DOS.
Nice! How's your tank responding to the new phosphates?Finally! One-Derland!
Nice! How's your tank responding to the new phosphates?
Ive been feeding pellets 3 to 4 times a day now and my po4 has gone from 0 to 0.02. Corals looked great today! Im going to see if feeding alone will get me to a point where it finds a balance...
Well that sucks lol.
I forgot to dose phosphates yesterday and mine P04 level almost zeroed out in less then 2 days. Some of my coral aren't too happy. So it makes me think that having a super low P04 level has been hurting my corals these last few months. I may set this up on a doser but I'm nervous about that.
Well that sucks lol.
I forgot to dose phosphates yesterday and mine P04 level almost zeroed out in less then 2 days. Some of my coral aren't too happy. So it makes me think that having a super low P04 level has been hurting my corals these last few months. I may set this up on a doser but I'm nervous about that.
I've read through the thread but didn't see if you ever mentioned how many fish are in the tank. I've always heard the number of fish and the waste they produce contribute to the ecosystem of a tank.So I'm finally getting frustrated with this tank.... Its a 75 gallon reef ready with a Trigger 30 sunp and has been up and running for 1 year and 2 months. I try hard to keep good husbandry habits. 15 to 20 gallon water changes every 7-10 days. I dose Redsea Alk and Calcium and run 2 Kessil 360WE lights. The latest parameters are...
Alk: 9.5
Cal: 400
Mag: 1340
Temp: 78-80 F
N03: 10 pom
P04: 0.02
Nitrite: 0.0
Ammonia: 0.0
Ph: 8.2-8.4
The N03 and P04 both swing in a matter of days, it seems. If I do nothing, the P04 will drop to 0.0 and the NO3 seems to rise. It used to be the other way around. I had trouble keeping N03 up and P04 was about 0.08 most of the time. Until hair algae and dinos took over my tank. It was terrible and I almost gave up. After A LOT of cleaning, adding a UV filter, and dosing Neonitro the N03 came up and everything stabilized. My tank was a beautiful thriving reef for about 3 months. With all corals happy and growing noticeably. Until my tang died and got stuck under some rock work. I didnt want to tear my beautiful reef apart to take it out and the crabs seemed to have eaten most of the carcass so I just did a bunch of water changes to get it out. That resulted in the N03 rising to 50 ppm and I lost all chalice frags, most acans, and most other corals are still angry about this. Also, if I let the P04 bottom out, or drop, I get a dusting of diatoms (I'm guessing diatoms but not 100% sure) and my corals seem to be happier if I keep dosing the Neophos. My question is... am I doing this right? If so, will it ever stabilize again this way? Any input is greatly appreciated because this is gonna be the end of my reefing for a while if I can't figure this out.
Ya know... I considered that once but never mentioned it. In my standard 75 gallon I have 2 clowns, a 6 line wrasse, and a yellow watchman goby. I had a powder brown tang but something got it. Parasite maybe.I've read through the thread but didn't see if you ever mentioned how many fish are in the tank. I've always heard the number of fish and the waste they produce contribute to the ecosystem of a tank.