I've had a reef tank for a year (140 gallon) and the company that installed it has been maintaining it. I've slowly started managing it myself and am wondering if anyone has suggestions on these parameters:
Temp: 78.1
Alk 9.69
pH 8.0
Mg 1354
Ca 410
NH3 0.0
Nitrite 0.1
Nitrate 84
Phosphate 1.5
I've got a clown, yellow tang, blue tang, flame angel, 2 filefish, orchid pseudochromis, 6 lined wrasse, flame hawkfish, fairy basslet, filefish, 2 gobies, 4 green chromic, a blood shrip, banded coral shrimp, some crabs and snails, two RTBAs and a feather duster worm.
Corals are: 2 green star polyp colonies, some musroom corals, leather corals, Kenya trees, frog spawn and 2 rock flowers.
I've read that we don't want to knock nitrate and phosphate down to 0 in order to keep corals happy but I don't know what good numbers should be.
The tank looks nice and healthy so I'm guessing the parameters are good but I wanted to get some experienced advice.
Thanks,
Kurt
Temp: 78.1
Alk 9.69
pH 8.0
Mg 1354
Ca 410
NH3 0.0
Nitrite 0.1
Nitrate 84
Phosphate 1.5
I've got a clown, yellow tang, blue tang, flame angel, 2 filefish, orchid pseudochromis, 6 lined wrasse, flame hawkfish, fairy basslet, filefish, 2 gobies, 4 green chromic, a blood shrip, banded coral shrimp, some crabs and snails, two RTBAs and a feather duster worm.
Corals are: 2 green star polyp colonies, some musroom corals, leather corals, Kenya trees, frog spawn and 2 rock flowers.
I've read that we don't want to knock nitrate and phosphate down to 0 in order to keep corals happy but I don't know what good numbers should be.
The tank looks nice and healthy so I'm guessing the parameters are good but I wanted to get some experienced advice.
Thanks,
Kurt