Benefits of Refugium with no Nitrate Phosphate issues

[jmichaelh7]

I was wondering if I should try a refugium for the second time.

the first time the chaeto turned white so I wasn’t sure if I had enough nutrients.

my current Phosphate is 0-1
Nitrate 0

I am not sure if I should start one and deal with the hassle if it’s not really needed. The only reason why I am thinking of it is because I have a mandarin and to harvest Cope pods would be beneficial long run.
What do you guys think?

Thanks

 

[mdb_talon]

I personally think they can be very beneficial both for things like pods and PH stabilizing(reverse lit)

Without nutrients though you going to have a tough time with a refugium. If nitrates are truly consistently 0 with a decent test kit the refugium(and coral for that matter) will suffer.

 

[jmichaelh7]

I’m supplementing Coralb+ to raise nutrients for corals.

just super big on phosphates and nitrates since day 1 when I had GHA issue. But since then my husbandry and cleaning techniques are religiously consistent.

Ph is around 8.10 and dips to around 7.9 at night so it’s not bad but can be better.

the mandarin is eating frozen as well so it’s not a must. But something to accomplish next in this hobby ?

 

[Saltyreef]

How many fish? What size tank? Feeding habits?

 

[jmichaelh7]

11 fish in a 120gallon
Feed 3x a day of Drained frozen cubes

 

[Saltyreef]

11 fish in a 120gallon
Feed 3x a day of Drained frozen cubes

Tell them to poop more.

 

[jmichaelh7]

I’m leaning towards not needing a refuge

 

[homer1475]

I am a firm believer in heavy in, heavy out. Refugium is a must in my eyes. If you have a nutrient issue, feed more, and export more.

And unless you have dino's, I would be getting better test kits(o nitrates and 0-1 phosphates tells me probably API kits?), cause there is no way you have true 0's and no dino's.