There is no room in my sump for a refugium. I tried a HOB filter as one but it was small and did not hold much cheato and therefore useless.You need some Chaeto in your sump.
Chris, good point its just a number. I think somewhere I may have NoPOx.I wish mine were 25-after almost zeroing out mine have been climbing until they got to 60- now I'm dosing with NoPox and they are coming down a bit- my corals are fine- but I have mostly softies- I keep reading that it's just a number and not to worry about it- same with Phosphates- can't get mine under .1
As long as the phosphates are low tooI agree with leaving the 25 no3 alone. This is a good number to be at.
Nah you want phosphates to be a bit higher in the .1 range to match the nitrates. If they go off balance it can be problematic.As long as the phosphates are low too
Mark,There is no room in my sump for a refugium. I tried a HOB filter as one but it was small and did not hold much cheato and therefore useless.
I only fed one frozen cube daily.Cut your feeding in half. Do 3 water changes every other day. your nitrates will come down to 10.
Diy nopox; 50% white vinegar 30% vodka (any cheap 80proof) 20% rodi. You can make a few gallons for less money than 1 bottle of nopox.Chris, good point its just a number. I think somewhere I may have NoPOx.
Exactly. My nitrates were off the salifert chart and my tank was thriving. Numbers are BS in this hobby. We have way more leeway than the narrow range some act like are commandments from Moses. Does the tank look good? If yes then screw the number chasing.If the corals are fine why change it? We've run the shop usually at 80-100 nitrates and .1 phosphates and can grow pretty much anything
Unless you're feeding more than the fish can eat then no, never. Give them all they want. Add cuc. Underfeeding these poor things that were plucked from the vastness of the ocean to be dropped in a little glass box for our pleasure is not the answer. If numbers need correction it gets fixed by our hard labor, not by starving these poor creatures. And apologies as I don't know you, my comments here and below are my beliefs and observations, and are not meant as a personal attack.Cut your feeding in half.
And sorry no one in this hobby has the time to do 3 water changes every other day long term. Let's say he does this for a couple weeks and nitrate comes down to 10. As soon as you stop it will go right back up. Is there anyone that would do this perpetuity? This hobby wouldn't exist if that much work was required.Do 3 water changes every other day. your nitrates will come down to 10.
Just seems lately any frags I add die. Don't see anything picking at them so tested and assumed nitrate is causing it.