Entranced Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 So i set up my 90L tank roughly a month ago with almost 10kilos of live rock. Went through all the cycling process until my nitrites were low. Current livestock: - 2 ocellaris - 1 chromis - 1 blenny - kenya tree - 2 mushroom - 3 hermits - 1 big strombus Had an outbreak of dinos, my strombus took care of most of it. Now two weeks later of adding the livestock my nitrates and phos are both 0 even though i feed 3 times a day quite a lot. My tank has no sump and only an oversized skimmer running (meant for 300l aquariums, the bubble magus e3) What are the ramifications of having that low of nitrates and phosphates? i think the algae on the backpanel and liverock are taking most of those up but at the same time my blenny is enjoying it so i don't want to take it out (also id rather see algae than all the cables against the wall haha) I worry that once i add more corals there wont be enough nutrients available for them. Quote Link to comment
Jakesaw Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Your oversized Skimmer is likely removing the nutrients that feed coral / algae growth. Low nitrates / Phosphates led to DINOs. I've not used a skimmer so wont' comment on whether to keep / get rid of / or right size your skimmer. That's beyond my experience level ( only 1 yr ) You can dose Phos and Nitrates to raise levels Increasing Nitrates but natural way feeding frozen foods and added bio-load . aka fish increase nitrates. Your fish for tank size seems about right to me. Increasing Phosphates natural way = feeding flakes & pellets to your fish Quote Link to comment
mcarroll Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 33 minutes ago, Entranced said: My tank has no sump and only an oversized skimmer running (meant for 300l aquariums, the bubble magus e3) Skimmers don't work on dissolved nutrients. 👍 Is the skimmer the the only filtration going on? No pads, carbon, GFO, Purigen, etc? If you aren't clobbering the tank with excessive filtration nor water changes, then nutrient levels are probably fine. You DO want to get a handle on the algae though.....if it's grown long, snails generally won't eat it. That algae becomes your job to remove manually. Can you post a pic of the tank as well as closeups of the algae? What and how much are you feeding the tank? Quote Link to comment
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