Coral pro salt ideal nutrient levels?

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As title suggests-what level nutrients would you guys aim for with redsea coral pro salt?

Tank is predominantly LPS/softies

I'm using tropic marin all for reef at 5ml daily to maintain 10-11dkh.
Ph between 8.2-8.4
It's holding mag at 1450 & cal at 420-450.
Changing 15% water weekly.
Phos is testing between .003-.1
Nitrate currently 20ppm

Ive set up algae reactor earlier this week to bring nitrates down & have dosed biophos80 to bring phos down previously.

I'm noticing good growth already on Kenya tree & new polyps on zoa's.
Hammer also seems to be fattening up nicely.

Would you stick with higher nutrients levels like this with coral pro or aim to bring these down for long term?
 
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It depends on what you are trying to keep in your tank. Softies and Lps like the higher nutrients 20 is not unreasonable. SPS do like them a little less, but 20 still would be fine. I would be careful with having P04 dip that low as it can cause issues with coral starvation I try to keep them around .05, but under .09
 
It depends on what you are trying to keep in your tank. Softies and Lps like the higher nutrients 20 is not unreasonable. SPS do like them a little less, but 20 still would be fine. I would be careful with having P04 dip that low as it can cause issues with coral starvation I try to keep them around .05, but under .09
Predominantly LPS & softies.
I do have some Monti at top that I inherited which I was highly dubious about adding as it's such a young system but it's coloured up nicely with lots of polyp extension.that will be it for SPS.
 

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