We have a reefer 425XL that's been up for about 3 months and I a struggling with some parameters.
The tank stock is currently:
2 x Common Clowns
3 x Caribbean Blue Bass
1 x Red Velvet Wrasse
1 x Tail Spot Blenny
2 x Pistol Shrimp
1 x Cleaner Shrimp
3 or 4 Crabs (Various)
10 Snails (Various)
1 x Touch frag
1 Hammer frag
Test Kits are:
Alkalinity - Hanna
Ammonia - Salifert
Nitrite - Salifert
Nitrate - Hanna
Phosphate - Hanna
Calcium - Salifert
Magnesium - Salifert
Salinity - Hanna
PH - Hanna
Parameters are:
Alkalinity - 5.645
Ammonia - 0.00
Nitrite - 0.00
Nitrate - 0.1
Phosphate - 0.01
Calcium - 380
Magnesium - 1380
Salinity - 1.0259
PH - 8.2
I feed at least 4 times a day (2 x with pellets, 1 x frozen cube and 1 x flakes) but cant keep my Nitrate and Phosphate up, do I need to start dosing them?
My main concern is the Alk, I am currently dosing 12ml of Red Sea Coralline Gro (Increased from 8ml yesterday) but its dropped from 7.883dkh to 5.645dkh in 15 days and I don't understand why with the stock I have in. The 8ml of Coralline Gro would only add 0.2dkh per day but I would have thought that would have been plenty?
The tank stock is currently:
2 x Common Clowns
3 x Caribbean Blue Bass
1 x Red Velvet Wrasse
1 x Tail Spot Blenny
2 x Pistol Shrimp
1 x Cleaner Shrimp
3 or 4 Crabs (Various)
10 Snails (Various)
1 x Touch frag
1 Hammer frag
Test Kits are:
Alkalinity - Hanna
Ammonia - Salifert
Nitrite - Salifert
Nitrate - Hanna
Phosphate - Hanna
Calcium - Salifert
Magnesium - Salifert
Salinity - Hanna
PH - Hanna
Parameters are:
Alkalinity - 5.645
Ammonia - 0.00
Nitrite - 0.00
Nitrate - 0.1
Phosphate - 0.01
Calcium - 380
Magnesium - 1380
Salinity - 1.0259
PH - 8.2
I feed at least 4 times a day (2 x with pellets, 1 x frozen cube and 1 x flakes) but cant keep my Nitrate and Phosphate up, do I need to start dosing them?
My main concern is the Alk, I am currently dosing 12ml of Red Sea Coralline Gro (Increased from 8ml yesterday) but its dropped from 7.883dkh to 5.645dkh in 15 days and I don't understand why with the stock I have in. The 8ml of Coralline Gro would only add 0.2dkh per day but I would have thought that would have been plenty?