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I have been battling this for about a month or so, and I can't figure out how to get rid of it. Sometimes it's better; I think I'm going to win, and it's back.
The tank is a 25 Gallon IM Lagoon. For media, I use filter floss (rinsed with RO water every 2 days) and some activated carbon.
The tank is 5 months old. Started with dry rock and a couple of pounds of live rock.
Fish: 2 Clowns, 1 watchman Goby paired with a tiger pistol shrimp and a tail spot blenny.
CUC: 10 blue leg hermits, 8 astrea snails, 1 tiger conch, 4 nassarius snails, 1 Mexican turbo snail, 2 trochus snails.
Corals: zoas, duncan, acans, palytoas, all small frags.
I have dosed pods before: Tigriopus, Tisbe, and Apocyclops a few months ago.
2 wave makers: Hygger's, one on the back of the tank (the smaller one), and the other one to the front of the tank.
Lights: 21" AI Blade Grow, running for 8 hours: blue lights at peak 50% and white light at 20% for about 2 hours.
My parameters are:
Phosphate: 0.04 (Hanna checker)
Nitrate: 10-15 (Salifert)
Salinity: 35
Alk: 9
PH: 8-8.2
Temp: 77.8
RO/DI Water: 0 TDS
I did struggle with 0 nitrates and 0 phosphates a few months back, and I used NeoNitro and NeoPhos.
Trying to stay away from chemicals but open to ideas. Thank you!
The tank is a 25 Gallon IM Lagoon. For media, I use filter floss (rinsed with RO water every 2 days) and some activated carbon.
The tank is 5 months old. Started with dry rock and a couple of pounds of live rock.
Fish: 2 Clowns, 1 watchman Goby paired with a tiger pistol shrimp and a tail spot blenny.
CUC: 10 blue leg hermits, 8 astrea snails, 1 tiger conch, 4 nassarius snails, 1 Mexican turbo snail, 2 trochus snails.
Corals: zoas, duncan, acans, palytoas, all small frags.
I have dosed pods before: Tigriopus, Tisbe, and Apocyclops a few months ago.
2 wave makers: Hygger's, one on the back of the tank (the smaller one), and the other one to the front of the tank.
Lights: 21" AI Blade Grow, running for 8 hours: blue lights at peak 50% and white light at 20% for about 2 hours.
My parameters are:
Phosphate: 0.04 (Hanna checker)
Nitrate: 10-15 (Salifert)
Salinity: 35
Alk: 9
PH: 8-8.2
Temp: 77.8
RO/DI Water: 0 TDS
I did struggle with 0 nitrates and 0 phosphates a few months back, and I used NeoNitro and NeoPhos.
Trying to stay away from chemicals but open to ideas. Thank you!
