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Nitrate does not really have anything to do with algae blooms. It is ammonia (in very small, even transitory and undetectably small amounts) that cause algae to spread.
Fish are good, tank is 6 months oldNitrate does not really have anything to do with algae blooms. It is ammonia (in very small, even transitory and undetectably small amounts) that cause algae to spread. Is the tank new? Any deaths? I would not panic about that reading. I am not fully convinced nitrate matters but if it does it is probably best to lower it slowly. (I don't think that matters either and I have done 50% water changes to reduce it before but it makes people feel better).
Sense your phosphates were spot on, then I would not have recommend water changes, without dosing up phosphates.Fish are good, tank is 6 months old
Yeah I ended up getting my nitrates downSense your phosphates were spot on, then I would not have recommend water changes, without dosing up phosphates.
Is your reef okay and where your nitrates stand at this point?