- Joined
- Jul 7, 2019
- Messages
- 112
- Reaction score
- 17
For a while I’ve struggled to get my nitrates and phosphate under control, maybe I’m guilty of chasing numbers, maybe there is nothing wrong, but I look at 2 soft corals (Toadstool and GSP) I have in my tank and can’t figure out why they don’t come out like they used to when I first got them.
The tank is 125l, plus another 25l in the sump, so 150l in total. The tank is 20 months old.
My params are:
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0-0.05
Nitrates - 30-40
Phosphate - 0.16
Alk - 7.6
Cal - 375
Mag - 1400
I do a bi-weekly water change, 25l straight from the sump. I did that at the weekend just gone, no change in nitrates that I can see.
The fish are fine, no sign of distress, it’s just the corals I’m concerned about. I want to get into LPS and I’m due to replace the light in the next few days (going from a Fluval Marine 3 to a Radion G5 XR15 Blue), maybe that will make a difference. Before I go down the LPS route, I want to make sure my params are good.
Does anything seem off that could be affecting my current corals or am I just guilty of chasing numbers? Are these numbers ok for LPS?
Any advice would be appreciated.
The tank is 125l, plus another 25l in the sump, so 150l in total. The tank is 20 months old.
My params are:
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0-0.05
Nitrates - 30-40
Phosphate - 0.16
Alk - 7.6
Cal - 375
Mag - 1400
I do a bi-weekly water change, 25l straight from the sump. I did that at the weekend just gone, no change in nitrates that I can see.
The fish are fine, no sign of distress, it’s just the corals I’m concerned about. I want to get into LPS and I’m due to replace the light in the next few days (going from a Fluval Marine 3 to a Radion G5 XR15 Blue), maybe that will make a difference. Before I go down the LPS route, I want to make sure my params are good.
Does anything seem off that could be affecting my current corals or am I just guilty of chasing numbers? Are these numbers ok for LPS?
Any advice would be appreciated.