A little history about my tank. Tank is a 60" x 30" x 30" lagoon tank with 40 gallon sump. Running a vertex omega 150 skimmer. Been running for 4 years without too much maintenance being done on it. Thus build up of nitrates and phosphates was running fowlr for most of those 4 years.
Fast forward to today. Nitrates are 50 and phosphates .12. I have made some upgrades. Now using RO water. Increased flow in tank with 2 maxspect xf250 gyre pumps.
I have been dosing vodka for about 3 weeks and am at 4ml per day. My question is whether i should of seen the stinky skimmate already or is it still to early. Skimmate has increased but not really that sulphur stinky smell yet. Just wondering if I should be looking to increase the size of my skimmer or not. I have done a couple water changes and siphoned my sand bed to get rid of some of the detritus in the sand.
Any help would be appreciated. It could be that i just have to continue to add more vodka over time as the breakdown will take time.
Thanks
Fast forward to today. Nitrates are 50 and phosphates .12. I have made some upgrades. Now using RO water. Increased flow in tank with 2 maxspect xf250 gyre pumps.
I have been dosing vodka for about 3 weeks and am at 4ml per day. My question is whether i should of seen the stinky skimmate already or is it still to early. Skimmate has increased but not really that sulphur stinky smell yet. Just wondering if I should be looking to increase the size of my skimmer or not. I have done a couple water changes and siphoned my sand bed to get rid of some of the detritus in the sand.
Any help would be appreciated. It could be that i just have to continue to add more vodka over time as the breakdown will take time.
Thanks