I checked my water yesterday and everything is good except nitrate is a little high and phosphates are quite high.
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
Phosphate 0.16
Calcium 420
Magnesium 1340
Alkalinity 7.2
Salinity 1.026
I don't have an algae problem yet. I know I will probably get some GHA b/c this is a new tank. Chaeto is growing nicely and I have some Dragon's breath in the display that is also growing well. Hopefully GHA will be minimal. Ammonia and nitrite have been at 0 for just over a week now. Nitrate tends to rise from around 5 to about 10 between water changes.
This is a 20" cube so about 35 gal in the display and overflow, and another 14 in the sump for a total water volume of 39 gal. I think I should run carbon and GFO but my lfs said not to use GFO b/c of the size of this system. According to the BRS calculator I only need .25 cup of carbon. Can I run this small amount in a reactor? I like the smallest one at BRS.
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5
Phosphate 0.16
Calcium 420
Magnesium 1340
Alkalinity 7.2
Salinity 1.026
I don't have an algae problem yet. I know I will probably get some GHA b/c this is a new tank. Chaeto is growing nicely and I have some Dragon's breath in the display that is also growing well. Hopefully GHA will be minimal. Ammonia and nitrite have been at 0 for just over a week now. Nitrate tends to rise from around 5 to about 10 between water changes.
This is a 20" cube so about 35 gal in the display and overflow, and another 14 in the sump for a total water volume of 39 gal. I think I should run carbon and GFO but my lfs said not to use GFO b/c of the size of this system. According to the BRS calculator I only need .25 cup of carbon. Can I run this small amount in a reactor? I like the smallest one at BRS.