System is five months old. Things have been going well and over the last month, I introduced corals and have been gradually increasing the light on the system. Corals are all growing great and look happy. Total number of LPS and SPS frags is 15. As expected though, with increased light, I also got an increase in algae growth. Not real bad, but I think enough along with the corals to make my nutrient level drop fairly quickly. Over the past three weeks, NO3 has gone from 7-8 down to 1.7 this morning. PO4 had been as high as 0.08, but dropped to 0.01 over the past two weeks and this morning to 0.00.
Total tank+sump water volume approx 180 gallons.
(salinity 34.6, temp 79.5, PH 8.0, Alk 8.3, Ca 560, Mag 1550, NO3 1.7, PO4 0.00)
To help with the algae growth I added more trochus snails and two pincushion urchins Saturday. Tank has four tangs that graze the algae pretty good as well . This morning I did my first dose of NeoPhos and NeoNitro. I did a very conservative dose since I’ve never dosed nutrients before. If I did my numbers correct, I should see a rise in PO4 back to 0.01 and NO3 up to 4.0.
Any good guidance on how quick and how high I should take my numbers? I was thinking try to get the NO3 up to 10-15 and PO4 up to 0.04.
Jetson
Total tank+sump water volume approx 180 gallons.
(salinity 34.6, temp 79.5, PH 8.0, Alk 8.3, Ca 560, Mag 1550, NO3 1.7, PO4 0.00)
To help with the algae growth I added more trochus snails and two pincushion urchins Saturday. Tank has four tangs that graze the algae pretty good as well . This morning I did my first dose of NeoPhos and NeoNitro. I did a very conservative dose since I’ve never dosed nutrients before. If I did my numbers correct, I should see a rise in PO4 back to 0.01 and NO3 up to 4.0.
Any good guidance on how quick and how high I should take my numbers? I was thinking try to get the NO3 up to 10-15 and PO4 up to 0.04.
Jetson