65g reef 30ish gallon sump
Live rock in main with about 25 hermits and 15 margarita snails. Tank has been cycling for aprox 2.5 weeks.
Sump has my skimmer and a handful of cheato under a 120w cf flood bulb
Readings:
Ph 7.8-8
Temp 78
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrates -20/40 hard to tell color so I'm guessing 30
Only recent changes I have made are I finally got a wave maker going 2 days ago. Last time I tested my nitrates were high as well. I have small dust/deitrus/junk in the overflow at the bottom and a layer on the floor of my sump.
I'm not sure what's causing my high nitrates I'm not feeding just running lights aprox 8 hours a day. Ony good news is I have a small amount of coralline growing and I have yet to have an algae bloom just a bit on the glass I wipe off.
Any help or suggestions appreciated
Live rock in main with about 25 hermits and 15 margarita snails. Tank has been cycling for aprox 2.5 weeks.
Sump has my skimmer and a handful of cheato under a 120w cf flood bulb
Readings:
Ph 7.8-8
Temp 78
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrates -20/40 hard to tell color so I'm guessing 30
Only recent changes I have made are I finally got a wave maker going 2 days ago. Last time I tested my nitrates were high as well. I have small dust/deitrus/junk in the overflow at the bottom and a layer on the floor of my sump.
I'm not sure what's causing my high nitrates I'm not feeding just running lights aprox 8 hours a day. Ony good news is I have a small amount of coralline growing and I have yet to have an algae bloom just a bit on the glass I wipe off.
Any help or suggestions appreciated