Sps tanks

[danangelo]

I am curious if anyone has a tank with just skimmer and fuge for filtration and live rock without gfo and any form of po4 reduction succefull in keeping a low nutrient tank.

 

[Badfish83]

I do with bi weekly 20% water changes.

 

[danangelo]

Nice have you ever had a problem with being unable to keep the po4 high enough . It reads 0 all the time?
Tank looks great bud

 

[Badfish83]

I try to keep mine barely detectable.
.02-.05

 

[danangelo]

Can't get the po4 high enough

 

[AdamNC]

I have a skimmer and sumpless/no refugium. I do use Chemipure Elite in a AC 70 along with a 25% water change every 2 weeks.

 

[Saltwaterwill]

Nice

 

[klondike4001]

I do with bi weekly 20% water changes.

That tank is beautiful!

 

[d2mini]

My tank was a couple years old and then rebuilt before christmas so like 6 months old again.
I don't run GFO or anything else this time, just carbon.
I have a lifereef skimmer and lifereef refugium with only chaeto in it. You can see that setup and results here...
www.everydayreef.com

And I have less than 1 ppm nitrates. P04 last i checked was like .01-.02
I run a 200g mixed reef, mostly sps and lps. Plus another 150g in sump, fuge, frag tank and mangrove tank.
22 Fish total across all tanks. Lots of critters.
Rock and sand is all from Tampa Bay Saltwater, so real live rock.

I really thing the crazy chaeto growth is what's helping keep my nutrients low.

 

[dormreefer]

For awhile I ran a Biocube with out any skimmer media just 30% water changes twice a week. Would be extremely time consuming on a larger build. With media and reactors so cheap its a no brainer.

 

[danangelo]

My tank was a couple years old and then rebuilt before christmas so like 6 months old again.
I don't run GFO or anything else this time, just carbon.
I have a lifereef skimmer and lifereef refugium with only chaeto in it. You can see that setup and results here...
www.everydayreef.com

And I have less than 1 ppm nitrates. P04 last i checked was like .01-.02
I run a 200g mixed reef, mostly sps and lps. Plus another 150g in sump, fuge, frag tank and mangrove tank.
22 Fish total across all tanks. Lots of critters.
Rock and sand is all from Tampa Bay Saltwater, so real live rock.

I really thing the crazy chaeto growth is what's helping keep my nutrients low.

Like your tank i follow it. Have you ever had a problem with po4 so low.?
For some reason i can't get the po4 to register at all and I feed 3x a day and supplement AA and zeofood. And reef frenzy.

 

[d2mini]

Like your tank i follow it. Have you ever had a problem with po4 so low.?
Thanks! For some reason i can't get the po4 to register at all and I feed 3x a day and supplement AA and zeofood. And reef frenzy.

I'm worried more about nitrates being so low than P04. I've been adding fish to try and raise it a bit.
P04 I don't really worry about one way or another. It's so hard to accurately test especially and you don't know what's feeding on it in the tank. My crazy cheato ball is probably consuming most of it. lol
I've also had it as high as .12 and didn't have a problem then either.

www.everydayreef.com

 

[danangelo]

I'm worried more about nitrates being so low than P04. I've been adding fish to try and raise it a bit.
P04 I don't really worry about one way or another. It's so hard to accurately test especially and you don't know what's feeding on it in the tank. My crazy cheato ball is probably consuming most of it. lol
I've also had it as high as .12 and didn't have a problem then either.

www.everydayreef.com

Ya looks like its working well for you. My no3 has always been 0 also.