I'm hoping Randy can help answer this but here we go
So I "struggle" with nutrients. My phosphates have been hanging around 0.06 which is fine with me but my nitrates are my problem child.
They rarely ever get up to 2. They were 1.5 on 1/9
So what I did was dose ME coral Nitrate (potassium nitrate, calcium nitrate, sodium nitrate, I think don't quote me but its just another nitrate liquid.) So I added enough to get my nitrates to 2.5. Yay!! But then I tested my phosphates and they dropped to 0.04. Is this normal or make sense to anyone. I use all hanna checkers and salifer (ca, mg) and did my tests twice
The rest of my results and tank stuff
90 gallon display (maybe 100 gallons total)
40 gallon sump with refugium
Lots of fish (tang police here we come)
aquaforest 3 part
Me coral nitrate (just started) used brightwells version before
Tropic marin bacto balance 1ml daily via DOS
Chemistry (no icp so sorry) as of 1/10 going to test again tonight
No3: 2.5 (hanna HR)
Po4: 14 or 0.04 (hanna ppb)
Ca: 440 (salifert)
Mg: 1375 (salifert)
Alk: 7.5 (hanna DKH)
I can post whatever else may be helpful
So I "struggle" with nutrients. My phosphates have been hanging around 0.06 which is fine with me but my nitrates are my problem child.
They rarely ever get up to 2. They were 1.5 on 1/9
So what I did was dose ME coral Nitrate (potassium nitrate, calcium nitrate, sodium nitrate, I think don't quote me but its just another nitrate liquid.) So I added enough to get my nitrates to 2.5. Yay!! But then I tested my phosphates and they dropped to 0.04. Is this normal or make sense to anyone. I use all hanna checkers and salifer (ca, mg) and did my tests twice
The rest of my results and tank stuff
90 gallon display (maybe 100 gallons total)
40 gallon sump with refugium
Lots of fish (tang police here we come)
aquaforest 3 part
Me coral nitrate (just started) used brightwells version before
Tropic marin bacto balance 1ml daily via DOS
Chemistry (no icp so sorry) as of 1/10 going to test again tonight
No3: 2.5 (hanna HR)
Po4: 14 or 0.04 (hanna ppb)
Ca: 440 (salifert)
Mg: 1375 (salifert)
Alk: 7.5 (hanna DKH)
I can post whatever else may be helpful