Morning all!
I recently added a BRS mini reactor to run carbon and GFO. I was reading .53 phosphates on Monday before adding the reactor, over night it dropped to .14, 24 hours later I was at .12, and this morning I read .00 on my Hanna checker.
I know having some phosphates is okay, so wonder if having .00 phosphates and under 1.0 nitrates is okay (tested yesterday with NYOS). The nitrate test color was lighter than the 1.0 on the color scale, but not 100% clear, so I’m in the 0-1 range.
About my tank:
40b set up since January, only inhabitants are two clowns, moderately stocked with LPS and a few SPS. Running an AquaC Urchin skimmer. Currently seeing growth of GHA, not in plague proportions but it’s there.
I have a 10g sump with a volleyball sized chunk of chaeto, which grew from a softball size.
Params:
Phosphate 0- Hanna LR phosphate
Nitrate: <1- NYOS
Alk: 8.7-Hanna
Calc: 450- Red Sea
Mag: 1440- Red Sea
Salinity- 35- calibrated refractometer
pH: Swings between 8.15-8.27-Apex
Temp: Swings between 77.1-79 daily -Apex
Dosing two part via auto BRS doser
Haven’t tested Ammonia or Nitrite in months
I am not sure if I should continue running the reactor, or take it offline until I get a reading above .10 of phosphate and allow it to take it back down.
Thanks in advance!
I recently added a BRS mini reactor to run carbon and GFO. I was reading .53 phosphates on Monday before adding the reactor, over night it dropped to .14, 24 hours later I was at .12, and this morning I read .00 on my Hanna checker.
I know having some phosphates is okay, so wonder if having .00 phosphates and under 1.0 nitrates is okay (tested yesterday with NYOS). The nitrate test color was lighter than the 1.0 on the color scale, but not 100% clear, so I’m in the 0-1 range.
About my tank:
40b set up since January, only inhabitants are two clowns, moderately stocked with LPS and a few SPS. Running an AquaC Urchin skimmer. Currently seeing growth of GHA, not in plague proportions but it’s there.
I have a 10g sump with a volleyball sized chunk of chaeto, which grew from a softball size.
Params:
Phosphate 0- Hanna LR phosphate
Nitrate: <1- NYOS
Alk: 8.7-Hanna
Calc: 450- Red Sea
Mag: 1440- Red Sea
Salinity- 35- calibrated refractometer
pH: Swings between 8.15-8.27-Apex
Temp: Swings between 77.1-79 daily -Apex
Dosing two part via auto BRS doser
Haven’t tested Ammonia or Nitrite in months
I am not sure if I should continue running the reactor, or take it offline until I get a reading above .10 of phosphate and allow it to take it back down.
Thanks in advance!