These two questions are completely unrelated but I'll ask both.
I'm about one month into my first reef tank, and cycle is complete. (Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, and Nitrate ~10 PPM) My question about Nitrates is what should I expect them to start doing from here on out? I read a lot post of people having 0 nitrates, should I expect that eventually? Does this just happen from a series of water changes over time and proteins skimmers, live rock, etc, not allowing them to build up? Just curious how it gets down to 0 or <1.
My second question about QT tanks, I want to keep one up for new arrivals and only dose copper if needed. But, Once you've dosed copper and finished medication cycle and want your QT to back to a normal non medicated tank does that require complete drain the QT , cleaning it and starting it over?
I'm about one month into my first reef tank, and cycle is complete. (Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, and Nitrate ~10 PPM) My question about Nitrates is what should I expect them to start doing from here on out? I read a lot post of people having 0 nitrates, should I expect that eventually? Does this just happen from a series of water changes over time and proteins skimmers, live rock, etc, not allowing them to build up? Just curious how it gets down to 0 or <1.
My second question about QT tanks, I want to keep one up for new arrivals and only dose copper if needed. But, Once you've dosed copper and finished medication cycle and want your QT to back to a normal non medicated tank does that require complete drain the QT , cleaning it and starting it over?