Water change question

[Mremmert23]

I have had my tank now for about 5 months and my parameters are starting to stabilize but have been fighting to keep my nitrate and phosphates up I also am feeding heavier to try to increase them. My routine is to do my water change every Friday and was wondering is it beneficial with my current parameters .

SG: 1.025
Ph: 8.1
Alk: 9.2
Nitrate 5
Phosphate .01
Calcium 428

 

[Lasse]

Do you have any corals? If - you can feed them with reef roids - it will rise your PO4 . Personally - I would skip the WC for a couple of weeks.

Sincerely Lasse

 

[ClearLife]

Yah, I'm still just a beginner around here, but what I've learned so far from everyone on here is to cut back on water changes. Each water change depletes nitrates and phosphates. Do a 2 or 3 week interval. All water parameters look great. Why lower those two parameters.

 

[rapid]

If it works dont fix it.

IF everything is thriving and params are good then why change what your doing ?

I do a 15% change every other sunday just to replenish calcium and nutrients into the water column.

 

[Mremmert23]

Thanks for all the feedback! Much appreciated!