PO4 n NO3 levels

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Recently I had an issue with po4 and no3
Po4 was .03
No3 was 100ppm!

After a lot of water changes
And some heavy vodka dosing.

NOW!
Po4 .08 to .05
No3 .00

Here's my question:!
What are ideal po4 and no3 levels you keep.
My tank is sps domanite.
I have noticed a few corals aren't quite as happy with this cleaner water, while others look better then ever.
I know this will open a huge can of worms

Alk is 10.5
Cal 450
Mag not tested lately.
2 water changes a week
5 gallons of Red Sea pro
Massive amount of water flow.
2 mp40s
2 wp40 jeabo wave makers
3 koraillias.
8bulb t-5 light.

If u need any more info the rest is on my progression thread.
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/reef-chemistry-forum/120915-dropping-nitrates-progression.html
 
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I was at 10mls then I hit zero so I went to 5mls and with heavy feeding I still cant get nits up. So I have droped down to 3mls today
Po4 will be dropping now that I get my water from somewhere else
 

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I was at 10mls then I hit zero so I went to 5mls and with heavy feeding I still cant get nits up. So I have droped down to 3mls today
Po4 will be dropping now that I get my water from somewhere else

I just read your other thread,btw nice tank...Seems like your on track to getting your tank back. Maybe cutting back to 3ml will help yea out.. gonna follow along to see what others have to say

Do you use hana for checking phos or are u still matching colors
 
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Right now I use the red sea. Im saving ny pennys for the hanna for the lab grade tester. Its like 300 but gets down to .000
 

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Red Sea reads low enough to matter. Anything that reads less is moot. Why bother forking out the $$ to get a number you already know is there? Save yer $$ for corals :)


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Well once I move into my house my 300 will get set up again and I want to do a crazy coral set up so I want to have a nice clean system
 
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There used to be a post out there that a guy made it was all the totm tanks info.
It had lighting type
alk
cal
phos
and nit levels

Anyone know what happend to that thread?
 

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