My aquarium is new, 12.5 gallons started it January 27th. 10 lbs live rock, 20 lbs live sand. I added a refugium about 3 weeks ago to work on phosphates and nitrates. 6 tiny gobies in my tank no corals.
Here are my testing.
March 8th
Salinity 1.023
Temp 77.4F
LR Nitrate 3.50 ppm
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Calcium 445
PH 8.0
Dkh 7.8
ULR Phosphate .07
March 14th
Salinity 1.024
Temp 77.4
LR Nitrate 2.48
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Calcium 476
PH 8.0
Dkh 7.9
ULR Phosphate .01
March 28
Salinity 1.025
Temp 77.3 F
LR Nitrate 0.00
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Calcium 514
PH 8.4
Dkh 6.9
ULR Phosphate 0.00
I added the cheato in the back of my AIO media basket about 2 1/2 weeks before getting the 3rd test on March 28th. I haven't done a water change since the 2nd test. I run the cheato reverse lighting from 7pm to 6am. I will post pictures tomorrow of the massive growth of my cheato in the 2/12 weeks roughly that it was added. No corals to show stress since I don't have any yet, and I have been feeding very tiny amounts of frozen brine, cut a slice with a knife off a cube, cube can last 1 week of feeding, I only let them eat what they can eat every other day from the small slice. Any feedback would be great.
Here are my testing.
March 8th
Salinity 1.023
Temp 77.4F
LR Nitrate 3.50 ppm
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Calcium 445
PH 8.0
Dkh 7.8
ULR Phosphate .07
March 14th
Salinity 1.024
Temp 77.4
LR Nitrate 2.48
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Calcium 476
PH 8.0
Dkh 7.9
ULR Phosphate .01
March 28
Salinity 1.025
Temp 77.3 F
LR Nitrate 0.00
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Calcium 514
PH 8.4
Dkh 6.9
ULR Phosphate 0.00
I added the cheato in the back of my AIO media basket about 2 1/2 weeks before getting the 3rd test on March 28th. I haven't done a water change since the 2nd test. I run the cheato reverse lighting from 7pm to 6am. I will post pictures tomorrow of the massive growth of my cheato in the 2/12 weeks roughly that it was added. No corals to show stress since I don't have any yet, and I have been feeding very tiny amounts of frozen brine, cut a slice with a knife off a cube, cube can last 1 week of feeding, I only let them eat what they can eat every other day from the small slice. Any feedback would be great.