Ok 1st off the tank im referring to is a 120 gal with 39 gal sump only holding equipment in sump, and 30 gal fuge with dsb/chaeto, about 100 lbs of LR in the tank,5k gph flow,filter sock,biopellet reactor, carbon reactor, and ASM G2 skimmer.
Livestock is 6 fish 2 cinnamon clowns,yellow tang,coral beauty angel,baghai cardinal,and a dragonet. I cannot get my nitrates below the 15-25 mark, I only feed small amounts of food every other day, and add a strip of algae for tang/angel 2 xs a week. 20 gal water change weekly.
The nitrates are driving me insane so about 4 months ago I added the biopellet reactor, and yet it has not changed the nitrates, they have tons of tumbling going on. Im also getting small amounts of algae on my frag rack that is inside the tank but nowhere else, it's black egg crate. Lighting is an 8 bulb tek 5 system,I run for 8 hours total daily. I dont want to starve my fish and even feeding them every other day, everytime I walk by the tank they are like dogs and come rushing to the corner that I feed in hopes that I feed them, so I kind of feel like im underfeeding. I do not run a reactor for rowa phos since I have the biopellets. My ro/di tds is 0 and to verify it I did a nitrate test on the fresh water and reading is 0. with salifert test kit that is about 3 months old. My phosphate test also salifert reads 0. Any advice on what to try next? Although my coral seem to be fine and happy I would like to get my nitrates down.
Think the asm g2 is really underpowered for this system? If so what would be a good 1, and why have the biopellets not worked the way they should? Any advice would be much appreciated, and thanks in advance.
Livestock is 6 fish 2 cinnamon clowns,yellow tang,coral beauty angel,baghai cardinal,and a dragonet. I cannot get my nitrates below the 15-25 mark, I only feed small amounts of food every other day, and add a strip of algae for tang/angel 2 xs a week. 20 gal water change weekly.
The nitrates are driving me insane so about 4 months ago I added the biopellet reactor, and yet it has not changed the nitrates, they have tons of tumbling going on. Im also getting small amounts of algae on my frag rack that is inside the tank but nowhere else, it's black egg crate. Lighting is an 8 bulb tek 5 system,I run for 8 hours total daily. I dont want to starve my fish and even feeding them every other day, everytime I walk by the tank they are like dogs and come rushing to the corner that I feed in hopes that I feed them, so I kind of feel like im underfeeding. I do not run a reactor for rowa phos since I have the biopellets. My ro/di tds is 0 and to verify it I did a nitrate test on the fresh water and reading is 0. with salifert test kit that is about 3 months old. My phosphate test also salifert reads 0. Any advice on what to try next? Although my coral seem to be fine and happy I would like to get my nitrates down.
Think the asm g2 is really underpowered for this system? If so what would be a good 1, and why have the biopellets not worked the way they should? Any advice would be much appreciated, and thanks in advance.