Hello All,

[Sal Amadeo]

I'm fairly new to the hobby and making a lot of mistakes, I have a 180 gal tank for 9 months. One of my concerns is my nitrates are high and I can't seem to get coralline to grow.
what should I do next?

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[KJ]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Dennis McGrath]

Welcome. I'm not new to the hobby and I still make plenty of mistakes. Get used to it.

 

[dbl]

Welcome to R2R and thanks for joining. One simple way to bring nitrates down is via water changes. Coralline will come in due time.

 

[Fudsey]

Welcome to R2R ! ! !

 

[Crabs McJones]

Welcome to R2R! Water changes are your best friend when it comes to nutrient export

 

[mike werner]

welcome to r2r.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

Welcome to R2R!!! Let see some pics of that 180!:D

 

[NY_Caveman]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[SPR1968]

Welcome to R2R!

And we need pictures on here, especially of a 180!

 

[BluTang85]

Welcome to reef2reef! Upload some of those tank pics

 

[Gabriel1296]

I'm fairly new to the hobby and making a lot of mistakes, I have a 180 gal tank for 9 months. One of my concerns is my nitrates are high and I can't seem to get coralline to grow.
what should I do next?

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Reefer Deez]

Hello and welcome to R2R :) it's a pleasure to have you here with us ;)

 

[jsker]

Gabriel welcome to R2R and the community.:)

Besides water changes I would suggest looking into seeded bio media such as Sipox, Matrax or Life Bio Fil. When I started using this type of media after trying a few other things my nitrates were finely under control. I feed heavy;)

 

[larryl]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Captain Quint]

Welcome and thanks for joining.

I bought 3 of my 4 children 180's and they are great to do just about anything one wishes to do. I know you gotta love yours as well.

We've all make mistakes. Shoot, I have advanced degrees in MB, been in the hobby for more than 4 decades and still make errors.

 

[Sal Amadeo]

Welcome to R2R and thanks for joining. One simple way to bring nitrates down is via water changes. Coralline will come in due time.

I just completed a 300 gallon water change over 5 weeks and my nitrates are 4 on the low scale.

 

[Sal Amadeo]

has anyone used Red Sea KH Coralline Gro with success?

 

[Flippers4pups]

Welcome to reef2reef, @Sal Amadeo.

5-10 N03 is a good target for a reef tank. 0 is bad.

Coraline algae is a good indicator of good water pramameters and lighting, but really doesn't tell you the whole story. Water testing is the best way to measure.

Addition of rocks, snails, frags..... with coraline algae is the best way to get the the ball rolling on it's growth. Adding supplements to enhance it's growth isn't necessary. Good husbandry and time it will grow.