Hey all,
So I am currently running a 2.5 gallon Pico. I have a two head hammer and 4 Ricordea. The Ricordea look great. The hammer seems to be happy but not thriving in the tank (working on an upgrade).
I am currently running a NiCrew 30 watt LED at 20% blue and 20% white. About 8 inches off the surface. I don’t have a par meter but this seems to be a low par LED light. Based on manufacturer specs, it’s 100 Par at 24” in air (I hope that made sense)
I just got all new Salifert test kits and think I found why stuff seems happy but isn’t thriving.
Salinity: 1.025-1.026
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Phosphate: 0
Calcium: 430
Alk: 8.3
MG: 1350
PH: 8
I do weekly ~20% water changes with instant ocean.
No dosing of any kind. Tank has been up 2+ years (I honestly don’t remember when it was set up but I’ve been married more than two years and it was up before then)
All coral was added about 2 weeks ago. No significant algae problems.
So my thought is I need to slightly boost Nitrate and Phosphate. I’m concerned as prior to this tank I had massive algae issues (cyano and hair algae). There’s no fish and once a week feeding of a couple pellets to keep the hermits and snails happy. Any thoughts on safely uping these two without decimating the tank? Or just let it be and keep on keeping on? Like I said everyone seems happy just not “thriving”.
So I am currently running a 2.5 gallon Pico. I have a two head hammer and 4 Ricordea. The Ricordea look great. The hammer seems to be happy but not thriving in the tank (working on an upgrade).
I am currently running a NiCrew 30 watt LED at 20% blue and 20% white. About 8 inches off the surface. I don’t have a par meter but this seems to be a low par LED light. Based on manufacturer specs, it’s 100 Par at 24” in air (I hope that made sense)
I just got all new Salifert test kits and think I found why stuff seems happy but isn’t thriving.
Salinity: 1.025-1.026
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
Phosphate: 0
Calcium: 430
Alk: 8.3
MG: 1350
PH: 8
I do weekly ~20% water changes with instant ocean.
No dosing of any kind. Tank has been up 2+ years (I honestly don’t remember when it was set up but I’ve been married more than two years and it was up before then)
All coral was added about 2 weeks ago. No significant algae problems.
So my thought is I need to slightly boost Nitrate and Phosphate. I’m concerned as prior to this tank I had massive algae issues (cyano and hair algae). There’s no fish and once a week feeding of a couple pellets to keep the hermits and snails happy. Any thoughts on safely uping these two without decimating the tank? Or just let it be and keep on keeping on? Like I said everyone seems happy just not “thriving”.