I have a 180 gallon mixed reef. Livestock, some rock is about 3 years old but was transferred from my 65 gallon earlier this year. So the 180 has been running for 9-10 months.
Ever since the transfer, my nutrients have been low. ( nitrate below 4 ppm). Lately my phosphates have been rising and are now about .1 ppm. I’m perfectly fine with this but I feel like the nitrate should be higher because of this.
Over the last month I have noticed some corals loosing color that they have had for quite some time. But seem to be doing well otherwise. I have also noticed some small patches of cyano showing up.
I dose all for reef and have since the setup. It’s on a doser and everything has been very stable. I just sent off a new icp test this morning.
I bought some nitrate additive from an lfs a while ago but have not used it yet. Has anyone used this brand? Thoughts or comments on it? Do I even need to raise nitrate?
Open to any thoughts or comments on the matter!
this coral lost the yellow tips
This coral went from a dark gold to yellow/green
Ever since the transfer, my nutrients have been low. ( nitrate below 4 ppm). Lately my phosphates have been rising and are now about .1 ppm. I’m perfectly fine with this but I feel like the nitrate should be higher because of this.
Over the last month I have noticed some corals loosing color that they have had for quite some time. But seem to be doing well otherwise. I have also noticed some small patches of cyano showing up.
I dose all for reef and have since the setup. It’s on a doser and everything has been very stable. I just sent off a new icp test this morning.
I bought some nitrate additive from an lfs a while ago but have not used it yet. Has anyone used this brand? Thoughts or comments on it? Do I even need to raise nitrate?
Open to any thoughts or comments on the matter!
this coral lost the yellow tips
This coral went from a dark gold to yellow/green
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