Zero Water Changes on my New Tank. Thinking probably time for an ATI Test.

[garbermatt]

So I finished cycling my 240G tank six weeks ago, and everything seems to be going pretty well without water changes. Had to add Nopox a few times, and some Phosphat-E for the last week, but I've been able to slowly increase my lights over the last three weeks as I've added 20 (mostly small) fish. I've got a lot of bio media I seeded with an assortment of Brightwell bottles in my sump, along with a pretty huge Aquamaxx skimmer. Had my first outbreak of algae a week ago and it's starting to clear up and Nitrates and Phosphates down to 2ppm and .07ppm respectively today.

Going to hold off on adding corals until things stabilize and I can ramp up my lights to get high enough par, but otherwise assuming I might as well do my first ATI test to see where my water stands. Curious what other's have experienced in similar setups.

 

[shakacuz]

wouldn’t hurt to do a water test to see where your levels are at. better to find out if you need to make corrections before an algae takeover.

 

[garbermatt]

wouldn’t hurt to do a water test to see where your levels are at. better to find out if you need to make corrections before an algae takeover.

Good point, and would be interesting to see what's in my RO/DI well water...

 

[shakacuz]

Good point, and would be interesting to see what's in my RO/DI well water...

for what it’s worth, i set up my tank at the end of february and i haven’t done a single WC. i do weekly tests and adjust accordingly. to each their own though

 

[garbermatt]

for what it’s worth, i set up my tank at the end of february and i haven’t done a single WC. i do weekly tests and adjust accordingly. to each their own though

Very nice, what do you test for? I’ve just been testing phosphate and nitrate since I’m fish only at this point.