High phosphate, high nitrate?

[Carp890]

100ltr redsea all in one tank, 9 month old 6 fish good clean up crew various soft and hard corals no detritus just a bit on sand sorry. Vacuum and water change weekly 20 % my parameters are good checked by me hana and my shop. My phosphate and nitrate are very high I have been dosing reef elements z carboplus 1 ml for a week, no change phosphate. 62ppm nitrate 43.8ppm .also using rowa phos changing twice a week. I do have a bag of matrix media under skimmer, another bag in outlet chamber different type can't remember name will this affect it??.I only feed frozen food any help please 

[mcarroll]

On 12/10/2022 at 3:00 AM, Carp890 said:

Is there anything wrong with the tank or your corals?   If not, I'd stop trying to control nutrient levels the way you are.  At least in the pic things look pretty good!  

 

For what it's worth, my tank's nutrient levels are MUCH higher than yours and everything is fine.....so don't panic just because of some numbers.  👍

 

The only exceptions, where you could want to make some short term changes, are if you are overfeeding or if the tank is overstocked (which will cause you to overfeed the tank).

 

Here's my thinking:

 

6 fish in 100 liters (25 gallons) sounds like you might be overstocked.  

 

At 9 months old, it's definitely a lot of fish for the tank's age.  

 

Too much; too soon.  

 

It's all too easy to do that when stocking a very small tank like that.

 

BTW, is this the same tank that was 9 months old back in October?  Or the one that is 7 months old? 😉 

 

On 12/10/2022 at 3:00 AM, Carp890 said:

100ltr redsea all in one tank, 9 month old

☝️December

 

On 12/3/2022 at 12:20 AM, Carp890 said:

100ltr redsea all in one peninsula tank. The tank is cycled 7 months.

☝️December (alternate version)

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👇October

On 10/2/2022 at 2:21 AM, Carp890 said:

100ltr nano tank 9 month old ,parameters all good.

 

You have a lot of threads going for this topic, BTW.

[Reefkid88]

18 minutes ago, mcarroll said:

Is there anything wrong with the tank or your corals?   If not, I'd stop trying to control nutrient levels the way you are.  At least in the pic things look pretty good!  

 

For what it's worth, my tank's nutrient levels are MUCH higher than yours and everything is fine.....so don't panic just because of some numbers.  👍

 

The only exceptions, where you could want to make some short term changes, are if you are overfeeding or if the tank is overstocked (which will cause you to overfeed the tank).

 

Here's my thinking:

 

6 fish in 100 liters (25 gallons) sounds like you might be overstocked.  

 

At 9 months old, it's definitely a lot of fish for the tank's age.  

 

Too much; too soon.  

 

It's all too easy to do that when stocking a very small tank like that.

 

BTW, is this the same tank that was 9 months old back in October?  Or the one that is 7 months old? 😉 

 

☝️December

 

☝️December (alternate version)

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👇October

 

You have a lot of threads going for this topic, BTW.

 Wr may not always see eye to eye on anything but I agree 110% with this lol.