Parameter help please
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chyeaboy2007
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This is what the back looks like but I took out the skimmer because it was junk and the black spung thing and am running just poly filter on the top and that is it
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I don't think you should panick. I've had my nutrients get that high with no visible stress to my corals, sps included. Whatever u do don't do it fast. A few 20% wc's over the next week would get u back down to better levels
melonheadorion
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what is it that you need help with? i assume that youre mainly speaking of nitrate and/or phosphate? thats my guess. everything else seems to be in line, but at the same time, 30 isnt insane. your zoas and everything look happy, from what i can tell anyway. not sure how your sps are doing, but they would probably prefer less nitrate/phosphate if they arent open. if thats the case, something like rowa phos would help remove excess phosphates. however, if corals arent being affected, i wouldnt go chasing parameters
i dont see any crazy issues with parameters, so i dont know what youre looking for.
i dont see any crazy issues with parameters, so i dont know what youre looking for.
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chyeaboy2007
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Okay thank you for the input and I was just seeing my number not being perfect I guess so kinda scared me and yeah my sps are not open so just a cuple water change over a few weeks will be good or just let it ride and thank you
hexumjunkie
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My nitrates are at 75 and im trying to lower but stuff aint dying. Don't worry. Installed my first alage turf scrubber last week, hopefully it helps things.
damsels are not mean
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Yeah the target numbers to keep nitrate and phosphate at seem to just be made up, honestly. So don't chase those numbers. Seen too many tanks (my own included) where "high nutrients" have no tangible impact on growth or health or anything. I would not react to a test result unless corals are showing obvious stress. The only concern I'd say is calcium is kinda high, but I am not sure how much that high of a calcium number matters to coral overall health. Keep up with water changes and these issues will sort themselves out anyways. If you want those numbers down remember you have complete control via feeding. Nutrients are not deposited by the nitrate fairy, the numbers on that test are the difference between what you add and what is not going into growing stuff.
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chyeaboy2007
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Perfect thank you amd hopefully I don't lose anymore coral
homer1475
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Phosphates are way to low. IMO
.03 could be an actual 0 with the range of error in the hanna. 0 phosphates leads to dino's.
Everything else looks fine to me.
.03 could be an actual 0 with the range of error in the hanna. 0 phosphates leads to dino's.
Everything else looks fine to me.
damsels are not mean
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people keep saying this but then where do the dinos get their P
Reffetsevla
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The dino's consume PO4 at a faster rate than everything else. What happens is when it bottoms out, that gives dinos a chance to take over by consuming a fraction of what the rest of the bacteria and organisms need. Thusly, you will get a dino explosion with almost negligible PO4 while everything else starves for it. They are simply consuming it all the moment it is created. You have to spike your PO4 and keep it elevated for a bit to allow your other algae/bacteria to populate and out compete them.
Source: Battled on and off over 15 yrs over a few tanks, most recently a month ago.
Edit: Just want to add, my experience has been pretty consistent. I get GHA, I reduce PO4 to combat that, I get it too low and get dino's. I have to elevate PO4, which causes GHA to come back, BUT you can get CUC and other methods to remove that easier than dino's IMO. Once I got the GHA and other algae outcompeting the dino's, they were gone in a week. The biggest help? I added a fuge to help bring PO4 back down after I had elevated it. Been doing great lately **Knock on wood**
