Lowering No3 and Po4....

[Stalaly]

Need advice: 55g tank is 8 months old. 10 fish. 15 various LPS/Softie frags (healthy but not growing so much)
Po4- stable at 1 (high?)
No3- stable at 40 (high?)
Alk- 9-10
Cal- 420
Ph-8.3
Temp- 77.5-78.2

I don’t have a proper stand so no sump. HOB Aqueon filter w/ Chemi-pure and No3 and Po4 pads and HOB fuge with a good softball size of Chaeto. Tried everything to lower Nitrates and Phosphates nothing made them budge. I started with 3ml/day NoPoX. No skimmer- and all of the sudden, more algae on the glass then ever.

I should mention that at he same time I added the NoPox I added 2 T5 bulbs (actinic and ATI blue+) to my existing Orbit IC LED.

So is the NoPox or the addition of the T5 growing the glass algae?

CuC is good assortment of Hermit crabs and various snails and conch. They do a good job on the rock and in the sand but…..

Should I let it roll with the higher but stable No3 and Po4 or….? I like the lights with the combo LED/T5

 

[Hemmdog]

Need advice: 55g tank is 8 months old. 10 fish. 15 various LPS/Softie frags (healthy but not growing so much)
Po4- stable at 1 (high?)
No3- stable at 40 (high?)
Alk- 9-10
Cal- 420
Ph-8.3
Temp- 77.5-78.2

I don’t have a proper stand so no sump. HOB Aqueon filter w/ Chemi-pure and No3 and Po4 pads and HOB fuge with a good softball size of Chaeto. Tried everything to lower Nitrates and Phosphates nothing made them budge. I started with 3ml/day NoPoX. No skimmer- and all of the sudden, more algae on the glass then ever.

I should mention that at he same time I added the NoPox I added 2 T5 bulbs (actinic and ATI blue+) to my existing Orbit IC LED.

So is the NoPox or the addition of the T5 growing the glass algae?

CuC is good assortment of Hermit crabs and various snails and conch. They do a good job on the rock and in the sand but…..

Should I let it roll with the higher but stable No3 and Po4 or….? I like the lights with the combo LED/T5

You can’t nopox without a skimmer. It’s carbon dosing, it is fuel for life. If nothing can skim it away it’s going to promote growth, in your case, phytoplankton.

Skimming is mandatory when carbon dosing to achieve the desired results.

Get some trochus snails for the glass, but it is normal to need to clean the glass every few days. Nopox doesn’t help much with phosphate either, for that you will want to use a gfo product in your situation. Maybe run chemipure elite(some gfo)instead of chemipure blue next time you need to change your media.