I feel like everyone asks this...but I'm gonna do it anyway...
Nitrates are high: 25
Phosphates are high: .12
Tank is new (couple months), running some lights during the day, but mostly to create a small amount of algae for turbos which were put in way too early, it feels like. I have a skimmer running, but I've not started up my GFO yet. I was crossing fingers that Chaeto would suck the PO4 out fast enough. Maybe it's not enough yet?
I have Chaeto growing in the sump (pictured last), and honestly..it's growing like crazy. I was hoping it would suck out some of the NO3 and PO4, but it seems to be losing. And while I don't want to do anything sudden, it feels like I should do something. Is it as simple a few strategic WCs? Should I start up the GFO? Dose a round or two of Phosphat-E? Looking for any advice here that can help. I'm not in a rush to make this "pretty" but I don't want to have to break it all down because it went so far off course.
Thanks in advance, party peeps
Nitrates are high: 25
Phosphates are high: .12
Tank is new (couple months), running some lights during the day, but mostly to create a small amount of algae for turbos which were put in way too early, it feels like. I have a skimmer running, but I've not started up my GFO yet. I was crossing fingers that Chaeto would suck the PO4 out fast enough. Maybe it's not enough yet?
I have Chaeto growing in the sump (pictured last), and honestly..it's growing like crazy. I was hoping it would suck out some of the NO3 and PO4, but it seems to be losing. And while I don't want to do anything sudden, it feels like I should do something. Is it as simple a few strategic WCs? Should I start up the GFO? Dose a round or two of Phosphat-E? Looking for any advice here that can help. I'm not in a rush to make this "pretty" but I don't want to have to break it all down because it went so far off course.
Thanks in advance, party peeps