Tank is 5 weeks old.
Nitrates are 0.5ppm. Phosphate is pretty low too. I feed heavily and I have a large bio load. 7 tangs.
No ammonia FYI. People said I need to wait for my reef to fully mature before adding a clam which is solid advice, but a few people said that my filtration is slowing my maturity rate.
I have 5 micron socks changed daily and a brand new protein skimmer which I added 3 days ago. The filter socks turn fully brown in less than a day.
My brother surprised me by purchasing a lot of LPS corals last week, so now I'm taking care of these animals, but is it true that my tank's maturity rate is slowed down? I didn't get any ugly stage yet. Maybe a tiny bit of cyano on the sand bed, but better flow fixed it. I had some dark diatoms near the top of the rock structures, but it cleared up after the tangs were added.
Am I preventing my tank from maturing? I will attach the latest picture I have of my tank. It looks super sterile. I have an oversized UV sterilizer as well.
Nitrates are 0.5ppm. Phosphate is pretty low too. I feed heavily and I have a large bio load. 7 tangs.
No ammonia FYI. People said I need to wait for my reef to fully mature before adding a clam which is solid advice, but a few people said that my filtration is slowing my maturity rate.
I have 5 micron socks changed daily and a brand new protein skimmer which I added 3 days ago. The filter socks turn fully brown in less than a day.
My brother surprised me by purchasing a lot of LPS corals last week, so now I'm taking care of these animals, but is it true that my tank's maturity rate is slowed down? I didn't get any ugly stage yet. Maybe a tiny bit of cyano on the sand bed, but better flow fixed it. I had some dark diatoms near the top of the rock structures, but it cleared up after the tangs were added.
Am I preventing my tank from maturing? I will attach the latest picture I have of my tank. It looks super sterile. I have an oversized UV sterilizer as well.