I have a 240 gallon mixed reef (350 gallon total system), coming up on one year old. I'm trying to lower my N&P and have decided to try carbon dosing. My nitrates are getting up to about 17, and my phosphates to .3, before I knock them back down with a 25% water change every two weeks or so. I'd like to get away from having to do these water changes, and want more stability in my nutrients. My target nutrient levels are 10 Nitrates and 0.1 Phosphates. After doing some research, I came across this, and decided to give NP Bacto Balance a try. But then I came across this on BRS, which says that Bacto Balance is intended for systems with nitrates at 1-2 and phosphates at 0.03-0.1. I'm much higher than that, and that is much lower than I ever want to get, at least for the nitrates.
But the product description says that ELimi-NP is for systems with an N to P ratio of 10:1 or lower. Mine is about 50:1, and my target ratio is 100:1. This 10:1 thing is new to me, do people actually target that?
So should I be using Elimi-NP instead? Would I ever want to use Bacto Balance, given that my target nutrients are well above what bacto balance is designed for?
But the product description says that ELimi-NP is for systems with an N to P ratio of 10:1 or lower. Mine is about 50:1, and my target ratio is 100:1. This 10:1 thing is new to me, do people actually target that?
So should I be using Elimi-NP instead? Would I ever want to use Bacto Balance, given that my target nutrients are well above what bacto balance is designed for?