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Please measure your Nitrates & Phosphates & get back to us with these measurements, Nopox is so awfully efficient, if you even overdose a slight bit, it can really hurt.
I've given up on ANY nitrate & phosphate removal by any non-natural measures (apart from a protein skimmer & argueably WC's.. but the ocean's kinda doing that itself, right?).
Last I measured my phosphates were at 0.54, and I honestly don't even measure nitrates, I once tried to lower both, and it got me a massive bloom of algae.
I now reduce phosphates by 10% water changes weekly, I keep 7 or 8 leathers that I just frag back when they increase in size, as they use phosphates & nitrates & a protein skimmer
This was me 1 year ago - brown algae where I was struggling with brown algae & just before this, I was struggling against cyano's.
Looking back I've come a long way, I recall being very excited but nervous about getting into the hobby, but I've learned a lot from contious research, giving & receiving advice on Reef2Reef has been invaluable to my growth as a hobbiest.
The point of the story is - We all go through hell sometimes, but don't give up, we're all here for you & 1 year from now you'll look back to this point in time and think to yourself that you've come a long way aswell.
I've given up on ANY nitrate & phosphate removal by any non-natural measures (apart from a protein skimmer & argueably WC's.. but the ocean's kinda doing that itself, right?).
Last I measured my phosphates were at 0.54, and I honestly don't even measure nitrates, I once tried to lower both, and it got me a massive bloom of algae.
I now reduce phosphates by 10% water changes weekly, I keep 7 or 8 leathers that I just frag back when they increase in size, as they use phosphates & nitrates & a protein skimmer
This was me 1 year ago - brown algae where I was struggling with brown algae & just before this, I was struggling against cyano's.
Looking back I've come a long way, I recall being very excited but nervous about getting into the hobby, but I've learned a lot from contious research, giving & receiving advice on Reef2Reef has been invaluable to my growth as a hobbiest.
The point of the story is - We all go through hell sometimes, but don't give up, we're all here for you & 1 year from now you'll look back to this point in time and think to yourself that you've come a long way aswell.