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I would do a water change to try to lower nitrate but 0 phosphate isnt great either. Putting the dendro out of any light and in full shade will help as it is nonphotosynthetic, while the algae needs the light.
Okay, so water change complete (50%).

Here is what I'm working with:

Salinity: 1.025
Temperature: 79.8F
pH: 8.0-8.2 (Hanna Checker on order)
Ammonia: Between 0 & <0.15 (I STINK at reading these dang Salifert tests)
Nitrate: ~10ppm (API for now, Hanna Checker next)
Phosphate: Just above 0 if not 0 (API for now, Hanna Checker next)
Calcium: ~420ppm (API, Hanna Checker later)
KH: 8dKH (API)
 
I would do a water change to try to lower nitrate but 0 phosphate isnt great either. Putting the dendro out of any light and in full shade will help as it is nonphotosynthetic, while the algae needs the light.
Also, here are the readings from my TDS:

Well water in:

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RODI Water out:

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WHAT KIND OF SUBSTRATE ARE YOU RUNNING ON YOUR TANK?

  • Bare bottom

    Votes: 5 20.8%
  • A shallow bed of fine sand

    Votes: 6 25.0%
  • A shallow bed of coarser sand

    Votes: 5 20.8%
  • A deep sand bed

    Votes: 3 12.5%
  • Mixed substrate or varying sand depth

    Votes: 5 20.8%
  • Some other substrate (posted in the comments)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I don’t have a reef tank yet

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