I have a 75gal reef tank that has been cycled and going for a little over a year. I have 5 smaller fish currently and about 15 corals/anemones. I have neglected it a little bit of the past few months and so I decided that now would be a good time to do an ICP test to see how much it affected my tank.
My Observations:
My Questions:
I have soda ash, calcium chloride, magnesium general adjustment, BW iodine, BW nitrate and phosphate, and All for Reef available for any dosing/adjustments.
Thanks for any and all advice!
My Observations:
- ALK is low for what I have been going for. I dose my water change water to about 8.8-9 but I guess I need to dose the tank slowly to get it back up.
- Magnesium is where I want it
- Calc is maybe a little low, but not bad.
- Iodine is low.
- Nitrates are undetectable, which doesn't surprise me. I feed heavily for the # of fish I have and have never really been able to keep them up. No dinos yet though.
- Phosphates are good.
My Questions:
- Do I need to worry about the iodine? Should I dose a little, or wait to see if more regular water changes bring it up?
- What about manganese?
- Are there any other minor elements I should be dosing? I don't know the optimal values, so I am just going off of the arrows.
I have soda ash, calcium chloride, magnesium general adjustment, BW iodine, BW nitrate and phosphate, and All for Reef available for any dosing/adjustments.
Thanks for any and all advice!