Here’s my word of advice for reefers who are having trouble with their corals.
You don’t have to add anything other than food, alk, cal, and magnesium.
Don’t even think about dosing nopox, phosphate, nitrate, or anything other than what I mentioned above.
Get a good skimmer, good light, dosing pump, and good flow.
This is the only equipment you need. You don’t need an algae scrubber. Chaeto In your fuge is all you need.
Leave your tank alone. There’s a lot of reefers on here who keep buying things and changing things around when they don’t see their corals growing. Set up a light schedule and profile and leave it alone. Set up powerheads for flow and leave it alone. Only add more or rearrange when corals fill in and start blocking flow. As for test kits just get salifert alk, cal, and mag test kit. They’re cheap and work very well.
Set up your protein skimmer and leave it alone.
Keep your hands out of the tank. The only time I reach my hand in the tank is when I clean my glass with the magnet cleaner
And have to take it out once I’m done. Set tour corals where you want them and leave it there. Move only if it’s getting too much or not enough light or flow.
Peace.
