I have a 6+ year old 90 gallon reef with three fish. I've always had a nitrate problem in the tank ranging from 20-40 consistently.
A month ago I replaced two black grow box lights with two kessil a360x. I also removed the glass canopies. In the 6 years I've had the tank my calcium 500+ and alkalinity (9-10dkh) have been very high. I don't dose. These would just stay high all the time.
I've also had a amphidinium Dino problem for years, however, ignored it when my nitrates were high as I could siphon them up and they'd take awhile to come back and was localized in a small spot in the tank.
Now a month later with the new lights my tank is full of algae. My nitrates are at 0.25-0.5ppm, my phosphates are at 0 even while dosing neophos. And my alkalinity and calcium have started to drop.
Consequently my dino problem has bloomed to the whole tank. No matter how much I feed, I just get more alage, nitrates and phosphates don't increase. This is a problem I never thought I'd have but here I am.
What do I do to get my nitrates and phosphates up so I can start tackling my dinos and stabilizing my water chem?
A month ago I replaced two black grow box lights with two kessil a360x. I also removed the glass canopies. In the 6 years I've had the tank my calcium 500+ and alkalinity (9-10dkh) have been very high. I don't dose. These would just stay high all the time.
I've also had a amphidinium Dino problem for years, however, ignored it when my nitrates were high as I could siphon them up and they'd take awhile to come back and was localized in a small spot in the tank.
Now a month later with the new lights my tank is full of algae. My nitrates are at 0.25-0.5ppm, my phosphates are at 0 even while dosing neophos. And my alkalinity and calcium have started to drop.
Consequently my dino problem has bloomed to the whole tank. No matter how much I feed, I just get more alage, nitrates and phosphates don't increase. This is a problem I never thought I'd have but here I am.
What do I do to get my nitrates and phosphates up so I can start tackling my dinos and stabilizing my water chem?