coryscritch Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 hi guys. so I've had my tank setup for a year now. its been going pretty well, just not seeing the growth I would like to see. should I dirty my water up a little bit? Nitrates-0 (api) phosphates-0.00 (Red Sea pro) calcium- 480 (Red Sea pro) alk-11 (Red Sea Pro) Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 “Dirty” as more nutrition rich? If that’s what you mean than yes, it could help. Especially with elevated DKH that you run your tank. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Yes. 0 phos and 0 nitrates has no benefit but negatives. Lack of nutrients is harmful to corals, they need nutrients, it's also the perfect conditions for dino's to appear. Quote Link to comment
coryscritch Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 12 hours ago, A Little Blue said: “Dirty” as more nutrition rich? If that’s what you mean than yes, it could help. Especially with elevated DKH that you run your tank. Yes, that’s what I mean. Now I do have a refugium with chaeto growing. I also have some GHA growing on the glass in the back of the tank. Could those things combined give inaccurate test results Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 8 minutes ago, coryscritch said: Yes, that’s what I mean. Now I do have a refugium with chaeto growing. I also have some GHA growing on the glass in the back of the tank. Could those things combined give inaccurate test results Chaeto uses available nutrients to grow and so does gha. Gha can cause inaccurate results. In combination of both, there may be little to no nutrients for corals and other microorganisms 1 Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 18 minutes ago, coryscritch said: Yes, that’s what I mean. Now I do have a refugium with chaeto growing. I also have some GHA growing on the glass in the back of the tank. Could those things combined give inaccurate test results If your PO4NO3 are consumed in a rapid rate by macro/GHA, than yeah, your test kit is kinda useless. It also shows that there are nutrients in your tank. Otherwise your macro and GHA would have starved long ago. Get rig off GHA 1st. Once it’s gone, test again. If no change in NO3PO4 reading, adjust photoperiod of your macro grow light or increase nutrient input. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jeff Hood Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 I’m dealing with the same issue. I’ve got a little phosphate at 17-23 PPB but Nitrates always read zero on my Red Sea Kit. So I’m feeding more and slowly reducing photoperiod on my algae reactor. I may find I need to remove it entirely? We will see. Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, Jeff Hood said: I’m dealing with the same issue. I’ve got a little phosphate at 17-23 PPB but Nitrates always read zero on my Red Sea Kit. So I’m feeding more and slowly reducing photoperiod on my algae reactor. I may find I need to remove it entirely? We will see. Do you have nuisance algae problem as well? Quote Link to comment
Jeff Hood Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 1 hour ago, A Little Blue said: Do you have nuisance algae problem as well? I don’t have any real nuisance algae. I’ve got a greenish brown patch of sand in one area and that’s it. Lots of Corraline growth and my algae reactor is very green. Coral growth is decent except for my Duncan. Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 5 hours ago, Jeff Hood said: I don’t have any real nuisance algae. I’ve got a greenish brown patch of sand in one area and that’s it. Lots of Corraline growth and my algae reactor is very green. Coral growth is decent except for my Duncan. I would not stress over it then. We all deal with little things here and there but that's pretty normal stuff. Being a little proactive doesn't hurt tho. Shocking tank with unpropotional measures to fix the "problem" should not be on the "to do list". Usually, a couple WCs and some old fashion elbow grease is all that's needed. 1 Quote Link to comment
coryscritch Posted April 6, 2019 Author Share Posted April 6, 2019 I did test my rodi water and it tested very low at 0.02. Currently my refugium runs for 12hrs. I’ll run it 8 and test again in a week or two. Quote Link to comment
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