I bought an all in one aquatop 24gal cube. I have four acro frags and running an AI 16hp. The frags seem like they are doing fine with the oldest frag (TSA rainbow sherbet) encrusting and coloring nicely over two months.
One concern is that my nitrate and phos have been undetectable (testing with Red Sea algea control pro). I stopped running the protein skimmer and started feeding my three fishes more. Now nitrate is 0.1 and phos is around .01. I have a sumpless ATO with a surface skimmer running.
I’m new to the hobby and looking for input on how to successfully maintain 4ppm-5ppm without having to dose nitrate?
One concern is that my nitrate and phos have been undetectable (testing with Red Sea algea control pro). I stopped running the protein skimmer and started feeding my three fishes more. Now nitrate is 0.1 and phos is around .01. I have a sumpless ATO with a surface skimmer running.
I’m new to the hobby and looking for input on how to successfully maintain 4ppm-5ppm without having to dose nitrate?