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I’m not trying to be rude here but whoever suggested a mandarin in a 3 month old tank should be punished...I would do that but I read and was told in order to help with pod population for my mandarin fish I need to dish algae barn pods every 6 weeks , phyto daily, and add a refugium to help reproduce pods. Before the refugium my nitrates were 5 ppm and low phosphate. Everything seemed way happier with 5ppm nitrates. I’ve been battling the nitrates and phosphates ever since adding refugium. I don’t don’t what to do. I didn’t factor in the huge nitrate drop with the refugium. What can I do before removing the refugium ? I have changed the lighting cycle from 24 hours to 12 hours on the Chaeto. Should I cut back the Chaeto perhaps even more? Like how much do I need for Beneficial purposes of pod safety to reproduce? Sorry but I think the refugium is beneficial for my pods to keep my mandarin healthy? Thank you I would appreciate more feedback.
I second taking it offline, you’re tank is super unstable and going back to the basics of husbandry is more important right now. If I was you, I’d return the fish for store credit (hopefully) or just dose pods because your tank can’t handle a Fuge