10galtank
Active Member
Hello, all
As title suggests, recently, since tank move (5 weeks), I have been struggling with high NO3. Just curious as to what it could be so I can work backwards from there. I feed a single cube of PE Mysis a day, so I don’t believe heavy feeding is my issue here. I currently carbon dose with npbacto pellets via reactor, and synbiotic salt. I perform a 5 gallon wc on Mondays, and another 5 gallon wc on tuesdays— 10 gallons a week, 25% total for my 40b. Vacuum sand once a week. Recently this week installed a protien skimmer. Mostly all corals look happy still, no excessive algae etc. but I am a man of range and would like to see the value a little lower within 5-10ppm.
I know nitrates and phosphates can be limiting to one another. My phosphates stay around 0.06-0.03ppm, and nitrates around 25-30ppm as of recent. I will post screenshots of test results for further understanding.
***have had to redial in my alkalinity due to inconvenient tank move and lack of proper saltwater.
I have seen a slight decline in NO3 values, so this really isn’t an emergency to me. But would greatly appreciate to be informed upon the limiting relationship to nitrates and phosphates!! I believe I’m on the right track with just doing water changes, but other opinions are valued and considered:)
Stock list:
2 tomato clown
1 long nose hawk
1 serpent star
1 red star
Handful of snails
As title suggests, recently, since tank move (5 weeks), I have been struggling with high NO3. Just curious as to what it could be so I can work backwards from there. I feed a single cube of PE Mysis a day, so I don’t believe heavy feeding is my issue here. I currently carbon dose with npbacto pellets via reactor, and synbiotic salt. I perform a 5 gallon wc on Mondays, and another 5 gallon wc on tuesdays— 10 gallons a week, 25% total for my 40b. Vacuum sand once a week. Recently this week installed a protien skimmer. Mostly all corals look happy still, no excessive algae etc. but I am a man of range and would like to see the value a little lower within 5-10ppm.
I know nitrates and phosphates can be limiting to one another. My phosphates stay around 0.06-0.03ppm, and nitrates around 25-30ppm as of recent. I will post screenshots of test results for further understanding.
***have had to redial in my alkalinity due to inconvenient tank move and lack of proper saltwater.
I have seen a slight decline in NO3 values, so this really isn’t an emergency to me. But would greatly appreciate to be informed upon the limiting relationship to nitrates and phosphates!! I believe I’m on the right track with just doing water changes, but other opinions are valued and considered:)
Stock list:
2 tomato clown
1 long nose hawk
1 serpent star
1 red star
Handful of snails
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