Hey everyone,
I have a pretty new tank setup. 100 gallon DT, 32 gallon sump. About 120ish total volume.
I used cycled media from a previous tank to help get this one going, along with Dr Tims bacteria. It is about a month old.
Here's my stock: 2 clowns, 1 royal gramma, 1 BTA, 1 Rock Nem, lps and softies, snails, hermits, fire red shrimp, tux urchin.
My parameters:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 2 (dosing Brightwell neonitro, was 0)
Phosphate 0.05
Alk 8.5
Calcium 440
Mag 1500
Ph 8.1
Salinity 34
Everything is covered in brown, with air bubbles being released, and I just saw some red for the first time on some rock. I have a UV sterilizer going, and a carbon reactor. Uv is aqua ultraviolet 15 watt, plumbed into manifold, going at about 210gph (fill gallon and count method).
Lights are two AI 32HD, running from about 930am to 930pm, 45 minute ramp on beginning and end of that time period (12 hours total lights turned on).
I've been dosing neonitro to get to 5ppm, dosing AB+, and 10% water change / week.
Any thoughts? Continue running carbon? Dosing nitrate? Phosphate? Not sure. I just want my stuff to be healthy.
I have a pretty new tank setup. 100 gallon DT, 32 gallon sump. About 120ish total volume.
I used cycled media from a previous tank to help get this one going, along with Dr Tims bacteria. It is about a month old.
Here's my stock: 2 clowns, 1 royal gramma, 1 BTA, 1 Rock Nem, lps and softies, snails, hermits, fire red shrimp, tux urchin.
My parameters:
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 2 (dosing Brightwell neonitro, was 0)
Phosphate 0.05
Alk 8.5
Calcium 440
Mag 1500
Ph 8.1
Salinity 34
Everything is covered in brown, with air bubbles being released, and I just saw some red for the first time on some rock. I have a UV sterilizer going, and a carbon reactor. Uv is aqua ultraviolet 15 watt, plumbed into manifold, going at about 210gph (fill gallon and count method).
Lights are two AI 32HD, running from about 930am to 930pm, 45 minute ramp on beginning and end of that time period (12 hours total lights turned on).
I've been dosing neonitro to get to 5ppm, dosing AB+, and 10% water change / week.
Any thoughts? Continue running carbon? Dosing nitrate? Phosphate? Not sure. I just want my stuff to be healthy.