My tank is 11 month old 85.3 gallon with consistent weekly nitrate readings of 16 and phosphate .15
Five days ago I added a skimmer and with daily testing noticed no3 and po4 are dropping fast.
Two days ago I upped feeding fish to 3 times a day and have been including powdered plankton foods to help nutrients back in but still seeing downtrend today the levels are no3 - 11 and po4 .08
I know these numbers aren’t undesirable but I’m concerned about speed of drop and if I let continue could bottom nutrients. Hoping to address now before getting lower and looking for any suggestions what’s best course of action
Should I
• feed more?
• reduce skimmer runtime?
• add more fish? (currently 3)
Five days ago I added a skimmer and with daily testing noticed no3 and po4 are dropping fast.
Two days ago I upped feeding fish to 3 times a day and have been including powdered plankton foods to help nutrients back in but still seeing downtrend today the levels are no3 - 11 and po4 .08
I know these numbers aren’t undesirable but I’m concerned about speed of drop and if I let continue could bottom nutrients. Hoping to address now before getting lower and looking for any suggestions what’s best course of action
Should I
• feed more?
• reduce skimmer runtime?
• add more fish? (currently 3)