Nitrate issue.

Well I'll have to look for a cheaper test kit, lfs wants to much for the pro
Get a Seifert test kit for now, and wait for a sale and get the algae pro kit later if you like Red Sea kits
 
I'm glad someone else said something about feeding once a week. I wouldn't do that unless I was out of town for just one week. I wouldn't go more than that. I wouldn't go to feeding once a week. Maybe every other day and lightly.

Maybe you have a bad test kit or you're using it wrong.
 
Well I'll have to look for a cheaper test kit, lfs wants to much for the pro

Get it on amazon or try to find one here. I don't think cheaper is the way to go. I like Red Sea. I got a half way used algae kit and a brand new one from another reefer for $50. That's like 150 tests.
 
Have you tried testing your nitrates with any other test kits or at your LFS? My Red Sea Pro kit went off (not out of date) and gave me false low figures of 2 but my soft corals were shrinking so I bought a new refill kit which showed around 30. You test kit may be wrong. I tried various methods to bring the nitrates down to a stable low level without much success, so I started dosing Ultimate Aquacare nitrate remover which works well. Nitrates now around 0 to 1.5 in spite of a mini tank crash (a heater fractured) and losing 5 fish.
 
Have you tried testing your nitrates with any other test kits or at your LFS? My Red Sea Pro kit went off (not out of date) and gave me false low figures of 2 but my soft corals were shrinking so I bought a new refill kit which showed around 30. You test kit may be wrong. I tried various methods to bring the nitrates down to a stable low level without much success, so I started dosing Ultimate Aquacare nitrate remover which works well. Nitrates now around 0 to 1.5 in spite of a mini tank crash (a heater fractured) and losing 5 fish.

This is the second test kit reading the same
 

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