Good Afternoon,
I got my 90 gallon DT along with my 40 gallon sump going about a month ago. Plenty of live rock mixed with dry rock, "live" sand, skimmer, ATO etc are all in place for the same time period (minus the skimmer, that's been on for about a week and doing fine). The cycle completed and I added fish last week from my nano tank. I'm having a little bit of an algae bloom on the dry rock but that is par for the course. My question is this... The same water has been in that setup for a month now during the cycle. I made up 25 gallons of new saltwater last night with the intention to do a WC this evening. I tested the parameters this morning and everything is spot on. Mag, PH, Phosphates, Calcium, Alkinity, NItrates and Salinity are all exactly where I want them. Do I do the water change or let it be? Hate to waste the salt but if it ain't broke don't fix it, right?
Kevin
I got my 90 gallon DT along with my 40 gallon sump going about a month ago. Plenty of live rock mixed with dry rock, "live" sand, skimmer, ATO etc are all in place for the same time period (minus the skimmer, that's been on for about a week and doing fine). The cycle completed and I added fish last week from my nano tank. I'm having a little bit of an algae bloom on the dry rock but that is par for the course. My question is this... The same water has been in that setup for a month now during the cycle. I made up 25 gallons of new saltwater last night with the intention to do a WC this evening. I tested the parameters this morning and everything is spot on. Mag, PH, Phosphates, Calcium, Alkinity, NItrates and Salinity are all exactly where I want them. Do I do the water change or let it be? Hate to waste the salt but if it ain't broke don't fix it, right?
Kevin
