Hello,
I have a 75g with a 20g sump that's been operating for a total of ~2.5 years in total, but just at 1 year of having corals and a proper light set-up. Since April/May I have been on the slow battle to beat a major outbreak of GHA (proper lighting and realization that I was slightly overfeeding). Between WC's, addition of an algae scrubber, and manual removal, I've been slowly beating it back and starting to see nice thinning and light at the end of the tunnel. Up until this point I've had fluctuating phosphates and nitrates around 10ppm knowing that the algae was making some of this hard to track.
Well, today, I tested 0's across 3 different test kits for nitrates (Hanna LR, Salifert, and API) and my phosphates measured 0.126 ppm. My tank is not algae free yet, but should I look into dosing nitrates or just keep the battle going and not worry about what I'm seeing on these tests as long as everything looks ok?
I've got a small number of softies and LPS that are doing exceedingly well as far as color and with new polyps.
Parameters:
Salinity: 1.0255
Temp: 79
PH: 7.8
Mag: 1400
Alk: 8.1
Calc: 480
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0 (3 different tests)
Phosphate: 0.126
Livestock:
2 Clowns
1 Watchman Goby/Pistol Shrimp pair
2 Lyretail Anthias
1 Blue Damsel
1 Lawnmower
1 Pincushion
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
Various snails/hermits
Corals:
Duncan
Blasto
Zoanthid
Palythoa
Hammer
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
-B
I have a 75g with a 20g sump that's been operating for a total of ~2.5 years in total, but just at 1 year of having corals and a proper light set-up. Since April/May I have been on the slow battle to beat a major outbreak of GHA (proper lighting and realization that I was slightly overfeeding). Between WC's, addition of an algae scrubber, and manual removal, I've been slowly beating it back and starting to see nice thinning and light at the end of the tunnel. Up until this point I've had fluctuating phosphates and nitrates around 10ppm knowing that the algae was making some of this hard to track.
Well, today, I tested 0's across 3 different test kits for nitrates (Hanna LR, Salifert, and API) and my phosphates measured 0.126 ppm. My tank is not algae free yet, but should I look into dosing nitrates or just keep the battle going and not worry about what I'm seeing on these tests as long as everything looks ok?
I've got a small number of softies and LPS that are doing exceedingly well as far as color and with new polyps.
Parameters:
Salinity: 1.0255
Temp: 79
PH: 7.8
Mag: 1400
Alk: 8.1
Calc: 480
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0 (3 different tests)
Phosphate: 0.126
Livestock:
2 Clowns
1 Watchman Goby/Pistol Shrimp pair
2 Lyretail Anthias
1 Blue Damsel
1 Lawnmower
1 Pincushion
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
Various snails/hermits
Corals:
Duncan
Blasto
Zoanthid
Palythoa
Hammer
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
-B