Nitrates and Phosphates keep dropping

Carz · Sep 12, 2020

Why do you think my Nitrates and Phosphates keep dropping to 0. My skimmer has been off for a month and I run only a carbon reactor and a UV. Starting to see some dinos and parameters keep going to 0. My tank is 250 gallons with the following:
1 clown
purple tang
blue tang
powder blue tang
convict tang....baby
clown tang...baby
6 line wrasse
foxface
royal gamma
firefish

I feed some pellet in the morning and one cube in the afternoon. I am dosing nitrates and phosphates but still going to 0 with hanna and nyos test kits. Do I need to feed more? Add more fish?? My fuge is empty with nothing to export.

any thoughts???

Knotyet · Sep 12, 2020

That doesnt seem like enough for that many fish

Carz · Sep 12, 2020

My thoughts as well......I also do the nori for the tangs every other day

Pistondog · Sep 12, 2020

Carz said:
Why do you think my Nitrates and Phosphates keep dropping to 0. My skimmer has been off for a month and I run only a carbon reactor and a UV. Starting to see some dinos and parameters keep going to 0. My tank is 250 gallons with the following:
1 clown
purple tang
blue tang
powder blue tang
convict tang....baby
clown tang...baby
6 line wrasse
foxface
royal gamma
firefish

I feed some pellet in the morning and one cube in the afternoon. I am dosing nitrates and phosphates but still going to 0 with hanna and nyos test kits. Do I need to feed more? Add more fish?? My fuge is empty with nothing to export.

any thoughts???

The foxface would like some nori in one of these

Albertan22 · Sep 12, 2020

I had the same problem a few months ago, the solution was about 5 more fish.

ge4rhead · Sep 12, 2020

if it were me I’d feed 3 times a day. feed at least 1 full sheet of nori a day. Take your carbon filter offline for a bit. Turn your skimmer back on and just keep it low. The skimmer will help with PH and just aerating the water. Is there any reason for the carbon filter? I’d leave the uv on 24/7. That’s just my own opinion tho. I’m no expert.