ultimatemj
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I'm curious what y'all consider "heavy out"...
cup full of stinky nasty brown goo once every week is what im content withI'm curious what y'all consider "heavy out"...
I use biopellets, GFO, and a big skimmer. I have much bigger and dirtier fish than your typical sps tank. I feed a lot, my fish poop huge, and I do my best to remove all of that through filter socks, weekly gravel vacuuming, GFO, biopellets, and skimming.I'm curious what y'all consider "heavy out"...
I'd go with GFO if the PO4 is that high and not coming down. That is very high!So I've got a somewhat similar situation...negligible Nitrates (<0.25) and notable Phosphates (>0.35).
My tank is just shy of 2yrs old. I made the mistake of starting it with old FOWLR sand and rock...and started out with the meter spiked!
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After battling theN03 and P04 down to the point, I was starving the inhabitants, I took the GFO offline....and then the P04 came back, but not the N03.
Back in Jan I had negligible Nitrates (<0.25) but the Phosphates came back (>0.35)
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Added Algae scrubber, harvest every 2wks, and the P04 came down.
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Well now I'm back in the same spot I was in Jan, negligible Nitrates (<0.25) and notable Phosphates (>0.35). Scrubber still producing, but slower. And the skimmer has to be run wet to get anything out of it.
I've increased my feeding and added a fish! Only thing that has changed now there is micro algae growth in the display
At this point I'm considering putting the GFO back online
Corals are doing decent, not bad, but not great either. Some of the colors are dull and some show a little stress. Not where it wants to be...
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So, the other thought is I should add some nitrates...but I've got algae growing....so...add GFO or N03? or both?
My $0.02....f chasing numbers...when I had my 150. I ran at .64 p04 and all my coral had great color. Stability is key. F a numberWhat about the missing nitrates????
Last time I was in this situation I added GFO, and as it lowered the P04 my chalices receded and I lost 3 acans and a goni
Something about the imbalance (low No3 w/ high P04)is causing my to roller coaster
Disclaimer...I am not a role model...My P04 is an extra factor to the thread topic....
I'm ultra low N03, how would you react to that when P04 is high and corals are 'just ok'?
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