Nitrates and Phosphates dropping - don’t want to induce Dinos or Cyano!!! Nitrates had been running 4-5ppm and steadily dropped over the past couple weeks.
Nitrate - 0.2 (Tropic Marin) | 0.0 Hanna Checker
Phosphate - 0.015 (Red Sea Pro) | Has always read 0.0 Hanna Checker
Low bio load in 3 month old tank. 2 Clowns, 20 small snails CUC, Red Banded Pistol Shrimp, benthic copepods. (No coral yet)
Just yesterday I added a small One Spot Firefox, Firefish Exquisite, Royal Gramma, and Yellow Watchman Goby to acclimation box (just finished QT).
I do also have an external Refugium with some Chaeto and Red Gracilaria. Some sea lettuce must have hitch hiked with the Chaeto as I have noticed lots of sea lettuce in display tank.
I am thinking that with such a low bio load that the macro algae are depleting Nitrate / Phosphate too much.
Actions??
1. Wait, be patient, let new fish increase bio load and hope levels come back up
2. Dose something for nitrates - recommendations?
3. Reduce / Turn off skimmer
4. Add Mexican Turbo and/or Urchin to get sea lettuce under control - need to do this anyway…
5. Feed heavier
6. Reduce lights - Currently running GHL Mitras at only 20%
7. Other / All of the above
Normally I would just wait it out, but I have read too many threads on R2R about the dreaded Dinos and Cyano. Just want to be proactive and hope to prevent an outbreak of the bad stuff!
Nitrate - 0.2 (Tropic Marin) | 0.0 Hanna Checker
Phosphate - 0.015 (Red Sea Pro) | Has always read 0.0 Hanna Checker
Low bio load in 3 month old tank. 2 Clowns, 20 small snails CUC, Red Banded Pistol Shrimp, benthic copepods. (No coral yet)
Just yesterday I added a small One Spot Firefox, Firefish Exquisite, Royal Gramma, and Yellow Watchman Goby to acclimation box (just finished QT).
I do also have an external Refugium with some Chaeto and Red Gracilaria. Some sea lettuce must have hitch hiked with the Chaeto as I have noticed lots of sea lettuce in display tank.
I am thinking that with such a low bio load that the macro algae are depleting Nitrate / Phosphate too much.
Actions??
1. Wait, be patient, let new fish increase bio load and hope levels come back up
2. Dose something for nitrates - recommendations?
3. Reduce / Turn off skimmer
4. Add Mexican Turbo and/or Urchin to get sea lettuce under control - need to do this anyway…
5. Feed heavier
6. Reduce lights - Currently running GHL Mitras at only 20%
7. Other / All of the above
Normally I would just wait it out, but I have read too many threads on R2R about the dreaded Dinos and Cyano. Just want to be proactive and hope to prevent an outbreak of the bad stuff!