Hi everyone, I have a 4 month old 1000 litre (200 plus gallon) salt water tank.
After the initial cycle, (Dr Tim's ammonia and one and only), I achieved nitrates up to about 2.
For the last 2 months, I have struggled to see any nitrates on our red sea testing kit.
Current parameters are:
Alk-8
calcium-450
Magnesium-1350
salinity 1.025
phosphate-0.03-0.08 Hanna
Nitrate-0
Ammonia- 0
I only have 5 smallish fish in 1000 litres and about 15 corals (LPS and softies). Just started doing 10 percent water change every week (nitrates were an issue before water changing started). Fish are happy, corals are also pretty good so far. I feed 3 times a day (pellets, and 2 x frozen food).
My question is, how do I increase the nitrate?
I'm planning on buying a blue tang and blonde naso tang in a few weeks.
Turned skimmer off overnight
Do I need to dose neonitro or will my nitrates improve when I add more fish?
Thanks!
After the initial cycle, (Dr Tim's ammonia and one and only), I achieved nitrates up to about 2.
For the last 2 months, I have struggled to see any nitrates on our red sea testing kit.
Current parameters are:
Alk-8
calcium-450
Magnesium-1350
salinity 1.025
phosphate-0.03-0.08 Hanna
Nitrate-0
Ammonia- 0
I only have 5 smallish fish in 1000 litres and about 15 corals (LPS and softies). Just started doing 10 percent water change every week (nitrates were an issue before water changing started). Fish are happy, corals are also pretty good so far. I feed 3 times a day (pellets, and 2 x frozen food).
My question is, how do I increase the nitrate?
I'm planning on buying a blue tang and blonde naso tang in a few weeks.
Turned skimmer off overnight
Do I need to dose neonitro or will my nitrates improve when I add more fish?
Thanks!