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Hi all- please help!
My reef tank has been running about 8 months now I have a Aquareef 180 with four power heads in the display tank, just a filter sock in the sump.
I have struggled with parameters ( I had a dud KH test kit but have finally managed to keep them stable.
Salt .023
Kh 11
Temp 26
Calcium 240
Amonia/ nitrite 0
I have two clowns, a grama and a yellow tang and a number of coral... about 10 in total ranging from mushrooms to hammers, Duncan’s and a few hard corals (which aren’t growing). I have about 8 snails of different varieties, hermits
I cannot get my nitrates down from 75 ish!!!!

My sand bed is very thin and immaculate, my sump is also extremely clean, there dosnt seem to be any detritus anywhere as I clean it very regularly... my skimmer is on 24/7.
I have cheato and calurpa in the sump under a ‘plant growth enhancing’ light.. but it didn’t seem to grow... what could be the issue here?
 

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Picture of @Randy Holmes-Farley graph!
Are you testing Magnesium? Phosphate? A large water change will help with nitrates.
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Hi!!! Mag and phos are spot in!! But how can this be right!?

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I will!- I’ve been doing lots of small changes.
How can the two tests be so different?
 

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Welcome to Reef2Reef.
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I will!- I’ve been doing lots of small changes.
How can the two tests be so different?
I often wonder the same thing. I will sometimes get a crazy reading that doesn't make sense and redo the test and it is normal.
 
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Welcome to Reef2Reef.
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I often wonder the same thing. I will sometimes get a crazy reading that doesn't make sense and redo the test and it is normal.
Thanks for the reply!
These two test kits regularly are giving the same readings though!?
2/75 is a big difference isn’t it! Not sure if my nitrates are really good or really bad!
 

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