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I have a 180 gallon tank that has been running around 14 months. The tank was started with dry rinsed sand, about 100lbs dry rock, 60lbs of KP aquatic live rock. Flow and parameters below. I have never had any measurable Nitrates in the tank. Coralline grows really well and all SPS (acro, monti, anacro, etc) are showing color, slight polyp extension, and signs of growth. Should I start dosing nitrate?
Fish (fed pellets 2xdaily and either rods frozen at night or ROE)
14 small to medium
Flow:
2x Icecap 4K on side walls running random flow at max 75%
2X AI Nero 5 on back wall running 1800gph in random mode
Sicce SDC7.0 at 75%
Lighting:
8bulb T5 3xcoral plus and blue plus, 1actinic, 1blue special
2x 60” SB supplemental actinic LED
Filtration:
Bubble Magus Curve 7elite skimmer
Carbon Reactor
Filtersocks 1week a month
Dosing (Red Sea 4head)
Calc
Alk
MG
AB+
Parameters (RednSea/Hannah/trident)(trident for trending only)
1.026sg
77.4-78.9F
9.4DKH
480calc
1300ish MG
0 nitrate
.02-.04 phosphate
Fish (fed pellets 2xdaily and either rods frozen at night or ROE)
14 small to medium
Flow:
2x Icecap 4K on side walls running random flow at max 75%
2X AI Nero 5 on back wall running 1800gph in random mode
Sicce SDC7.0 at 75%
Lighting:
8bulb T5 3xcoral plus and blue plus, 1actinic, 1blue special
2x 60” SB supplemental actinic LED
Filtration:
Bubble Magus Curve 7elite skimmer
Carbon Reactor
Filtersocks 1week a month
Dosing (Red Sea 4head)
Calc
Alk
MG
AB+
Parameters (RednSea/Hannah/trident)(trident for trending only)
1.026sg
77.4-78.9F
9.4DKH
480calc
1300ish MG
0 nitrate
.02-.04 phosphate