So here is something I don’t understand. I’ve been having issues with getting nitrates to read. I’ve tried with my Red Sea pro kit and a buddy tried on his test kit. Both came up snake eyes. In all honesty I’ve never been able to get nitrates to read in my 150 setup over the last year.
About 3 months back I dialed the skimmer pump all the way to the lowest setting hopping that the skimmer wouldn’t strip so much out of the water. Around this time my test results where
No3 0.0
Po4 0.12
Then last month was getting
No3 0.0
Po4 0.08
So 3 weeks ago I turned off the skimmer altogether and took it out for cleaning.
Two weeks ago my results were
No3 0.0
Po4 0.04
Then this morning my results are
No3 0.0
Po4 0.02
I’m guessing the fuge is way over doing it’s job.
I have been have a big issue with a few of the sps frags. Three of them have been STNing over the last few weeks. Some look great and other look pale as a ghost.
For fish I have 3 tangs, 3 leopard wrasses, a maroon clown, and a file fish.
I feed twice a day. A 1”X1” square of frozen around 11am then the auto feeds pellets at 4pm and every other day I add a table spoon of phytofest when I get home from work around 2am.
The fuge is about 15g and the light is an ethereal that runs at 100% 12 hours a day. I usually harvest about a 4 gallon bucket of cheato every month.
I guess my next step is to turn run the light on the fuge for 8 hours a day and see what happens in two weeks.
About 3 months back I dialed the skimmer pump all the way to the lowest setting hopping that the skimmer wouldn’t strip so much out of the water. Around this time my test results where
No3 0.0
Po4 0.12
Then last month was getting
No3 0.0
Po4 0.08
So 3 weeks ago I turned off the skimmer altogether and took it out for cleaning.
Two weeks ago my results were
No3 0.0
Po4 0.04
Then this morning my results are
No3 0.0
Po4 0.02
I’m guessing the fuge is way over doing it’s job.
I have been have a big issue with a few of the sps frags. Three of them have been STNing over the last few weeks. Some look great and other look pale as a ghost.
For fish I have 3 tangs, 3 leopard wrasses, a maroon clown, and a file fish.
I feed twice a day. A 1”X1” square of frozen around 11am then the auto feeds pellets at 4pm and every other day I add a table spoon of phytofest when I get home from work around 2am.
The fuge is about 15g and the light is an ethereal that runs at 100% 12 hours a day. I usually harvest about a 4 gallon bucket of cheato every month.
I guess my next step is to turn run the light on the fuge for 8 hours a day and see what happens in two weeks.
