N03 and p04 question

[sutton6989]

Hey guys
My nitrate is at .6 ppm
My phos is at .07ppm

What levels are you shooting for
Nitrate is low and phos okay but on the higher end

How would you go about getting the levels in check?

Sps dominant mixed reef

 

[Saltyreef]

Hey guys
My nitrate is at .6 ppm
My phos is at .07ppm

What levels are you shooting for
Nitrate is low and phos okay but on the higher end

How would you go about getting the levels in check?

Sps dominant mixed reef

How do your corals look?

 

[sutton6989]

Corals look good but my higher end sps are loosing color.
Like for example my orange creamsicle turned almost all bright green no orange at all anymore.

 

[Pod_01]

Corals look good but my higher end sps are loosing color.
Like for example my orange creamsicle turned almost all bright green no orange at all anymore.

Your PO4 looks good, I would not reduce it. I have similar situation with NO3

Corals look good but colour is not the best (could be better in my head).

So I been told to dose some amino and feed fatty acid food to corals. Also another option is to add more fish so they can produce more coral food.

Because the corals are good the resounding suggestion was not to mess with PO4 or NO3….

Good luck

 

[sutton6989]

I feed aminos and phyto
I want to dose n03 and see what happens to the colors at like 5ppm n03

 

[Pod_01]

I feed aminos and phyto
I want to dose n03 and see what happens to the colors at like 5ppm n03

4 or 5 years ago I would add all kinds of things and see what happens including NO3 and PO4. Usually the results were disastrous so these days I let others experiment and see what happens. I swear I am still paying price for things I did 4 years ago lol.
Once you decide to be brave and go for it post some follow up pictures, and another few months later. I am genuinely curious if it does anything, assuming nothing else changes.

 

[sutton6989]

I'm going to ponder on adding more fish. ( most likely my route because a fish store owes me about 500$) or dose n03

I will document my results with the n03 readings and color in sps with just n03 increasing.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I’d try feeding a bit more first, then if that doesn’t work, try dosing.