WATER PARAMETERS/FEEDING/DOSING
Hi;
I have a 525xl, only a few weeks old, I set up chaeto in refugium sump to try and limit nuisance algae.
I have 2 tomato clownfish and added a hammer coral 3 days ago.
The fish are eating well and I’m feeding once/twice a day depending on when I’m home - pellets and frozen food
Coral looks happy so far.
I’m finding that my phosphates are super low, and today my nitrates are the same. Phosphate was 0; except for the day after my skimmer cup overflowed which it went up to 0.02. (Hanna checker). So after reading that too low phosphates are an issue and having no nuisance algae I dosed Phosphate yesterday evening and just tested and still at 0 but nitrates went from 7.4 to 0.3 today!
I’m at a loss as to whether I should feed more, dose more phosphate and feed more, or let it be. Or pull the Macro out or turn of the skimmer.
Alkalinity 8.1, calcium 400, ph 8.3. Ammonia 0, nitrite 0.
Help!!
Hi;
I have a 525xl, only a few weeks old, I set up chaeto in refugium sump to try and limit nuisance algae.
I have 2 tomato clownfish and added a hammer coral 3 days ago.
The fish are eating well and I’m feeding once/twice a day depending on when I’m home - pellets and frozen food
Coral looks happy so far.
I’m finding that my phosphates are super low, and today my nitrates are the same. Phosphate was 0; except for the day after my skimmer cup overflowed which it went up to 0.02. (Hanna checker). So after reading that too low phosphates are an issue and having no nuisance algae I dosed Phosphate yesterday evening and just tested and still at 0 but nitrates went from 7.4 to 0.3 today!
I’m at a loss as to whether I should feed more, dose more phosphate and feed more, or let it be. Or pull the Macro out or turn of the skimmer.
Alkalinity 8.1, calcium 400, ph 8.3. Ammonia 0, nitrite 0.
Help!!