HELP! MY SPS ARE PALING AND I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO
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Arnie
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I've dosed around 30-40ml so far, I noticed a change on the API nitrate test, seems to be getting darker between the 0 and the 5ppm. I am also noticing the decrease in hair algae growth, I think its growth speed went down significantly. No water changes yet, but adding RO water every 2 days for top off. I am really happy with this tank reaction going on.. thanks so much for all help and write-ups, another lesson learned.
twilliard
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chefjpaul
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rovster
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Ok, I'll stick to salifert then lol...
jasonandsarah
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Could you (Russ) point me in the right direction for some more reading on the subject of Cyano in relation to Po4 being higher then No3?
I've recently took my gfo offline. I always used it sparingly but noticed some nuseince algae, panicked (not something I normally do) and added new Gfo after just replacing it the week before, also adding a new scrubber about 2 weeks before that. Let just say I had a couple problems lol so I got ticked off and said screw Gfo I'm gonna try and maintain low Po4 readings with just my oversized skimmer and Ats. But since I took it off line I've had some dark red matting Cyano on my sand bed and I don't like it! I'm hoping maybe the above info is my problem. 1 month no Gfo and my Po4 is still 0.01-0.02 and my No3 is still reading 0 even though I'm not carbon dosing. Just the equipment I mentioned and 20% weekly water changes.
I'm now switching to biweekly water changes.
As a side note my Sps are super happy along with everything else. [emoji3]
I've recently took my gfo offline. I always used it sparingly but noticed some nuseince algae, panicked (not something I normally do) and added new Gfo after just replacing it the week before, also adding a new scrubber about 2 weeks before that. Let just say I had a couple problems lol so I got ticked off and said screw Gfo I'm gonna try and maintain low Po4 readings with just my oversized skimmer and Ats. But since I took it off line I've had some dark red matting Cyano on my sand bed and I don't like it! I'm hoping maybe the above info is my problem. 1 month no Gfo and my Po4 is still 0.01-0.02 and my No3 is still reading 0 even though I'm not carbon dosing. Just the equipment I mentioned and 20% weekly water changes.
I'm now switching to biweekly water changes.
As a side note my Sps are super happy along with everything else. [emoji3]
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rovster
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J&S, if your nitrate is truly 0 adding a little nitrate may help. I've noticed this in my tank several times, always when nitrate bottoms out and phosphate begins to climb. I start adding nitrate and phos drops and cyano improves with no other changes. I know it sounds counter intuitive but I've witnessed this several times in my own tank.
I do want to be clear, I'm not telling everyone out there to go and start dosing nitrate. What I am saying is that dosing nitrate MAY be a solution to a very specific problem....
I do want to be clear, I'm not telling everyone out there to go and start dosing nitrate. What I am saying is that dosing nitrate MAY be a solution to a very specific problem....
Andyf30
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Hey guys, after reading this and noticing that my SPS have looked a little pale in the last few weeks (paler than normal), I wanted to ask if you guys had any tips for how to bring phosphates and nitrates up from both being at or very very close to zero (both salifert test kits read zero when tested) without causing an algae bloom, etc
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