Hey all,
I run 3 different tanks and this one happens to be a 50g Lowboy Frag tank.
Stock includes 2 RedSea Clowns
1 Springer Damsel
1 Globe Urchin
1 Tuxedo Urchin
Lots of random snails from Turbos to Stomatella
Parameters are as follows
Phosphate .03
Nitrates 0
Calcium 450
Magnesium 1350
Salinity 1.025
Temp 76-78
I have been feeding daily but can't seem to get nutrients up at all. I do not have any major algae issues other than coraline which my urchins are happily chomping on.
I have been attempting to dose ME Coral Liquid Nitrate which has worked well previously (Potassium Nitrate, Sodium Nitrate, and Calcium Nitrate). I have also been dosing Aquavitro Fuel in hopes the aminos would boost the nutrients but within a day or so back down to zero.
I am not running any GFO, Purigen or any other media to remove organics.
I currently have my skimmer offline and even attempted to dump the skimmer cup into the tank to hopefully bring organics back up. No go still tested at 0.0
I am using Hanna HR Nitrate Tester and Hanna Phosphate ULR.
I have done a water change maybe twice in the last six months on this tank (5g each time) so I'm not depleting through water changes.
No Refugium as I thought this may have been the cause.
My only thought is that maybe I'm understocked with fish? I am going to head to the LFS and grab a few cheaper fish (Chromis possibly) so they can poop in my tank.
Any other thoughts as to why I would have such diminishing nutrients? I do have 2 full racks of corals (zoas mostly) is it possible they are consuming them that quickly if my fish aren't producing enough waste?
I run 3 different tanks and this one happens to be a 50g Lowboy Frag tank.
Stock includes 2 RedSea Clowns
1 Springer Damsel
1 Globe Urchin
1 Tuxedo Urchin
Lots of random snails from Turbos to Stomatella
Parameters are as follows
Phosphate .03
Nitrates 0
Calcium 450
Magnesium 1350
Salinity 1.025
Temp 76-78
I have been feeding daily but can't seem to get nutrients up at all. I do not have any major algae issues other than coraline which my urchins are happily chomping on.
I have been attempting to dose ME Coral Liquid Nitrate which has worked well previously (Potassium Nitrate, Sodium Nitrate, and Calcium Nitrate). I have also been dosing Aquavitro Fuel in hopes the aminos would boost the nutrients but within a day or so back down to zero.
I am not running any GFO, Purigen or any other media to remove organics.
I currently have my skimmer offline and even attempted to dump the skimmer cup into the tank to hopefully bring organics back up. No go still tested at 0.0
I am using Hanna HR Nitrate Tester and Hanna Phosphate ULR.
I have done a water change maybe twice in the last six months on this tank (5g each time) so I'm not depleting through water changes.
No Refugium as I thought this may have been the cause.
My only thought is that maybe I'm understocked with fish? I am going to head to the LFS and grab a few cheaper fish (Chromis possibly) so they can poop in my tank.
Any other thoughts as to why I would have such diminishing nutrients? I do have 2 full racks of corals (zoas mostly) is it possible they are consuming them that quickly if my fish aren't producing enough waste?