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So this test will be conducted on a 14 gal biocube with a 10 gal Sump so roughly 20 gallons of water.
My tank is SPS dominated
Reef Octopus BH50 Skimmer
Chemipure Elite
Jeabao dosing 2 part from Reef Grow and Kents Tech M Magnesium
I currently have 5 fish
Pair of Oscellaris Clownfish
Royal Gramma
Watchmen goby
Firefish
CUC
I have a bare bottom display tank with LR and in my Sump I have a 2 inch sandbed with live rock. (Chaeto died recently)
Cal-440
Alk-11dkh
Magnesium -1500
Phosphate-0.2
Nitrate- 0
pH-8.2
Nitrite-0
Ammonia-0
So I've noticed that my SPS seemed very lack luster about a month ago and I decided it was because my nitrates were 0 and with my heavy skimming and running NPX bioplastics I was stripping the water of nutrients. So I tried feeding heavily, 1 tsp of reef roids, 4ml of Acropower everyday and then half a cube of frozen Mysis (without straining) every other day. Tank started to appear dirty, then I had a cyano or diatom bloom. Dusty glass, red slime algae etc. still 0 nitrates! Three frags were affected negatively(2 Millie acropora and a Chesterfieldensis ),So I upped my CUC to combat the algae and stopped feeding as much.
I added the firefish at that point and changed the lighting schedule on the AI Prime HD to a simple 16k with a 3 hour ramp up and down. The light is about 5 inches off the water so I'm pulling like 100k LUX at the surface. Once my algae was somewhat under control I started to tackle the low nitrates problem a different way. Stump Remover
My Spectracide Stump Remover Data
Using 1tablespoon-1Liter @10ml dose=1.46 NO3
http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/calculator.htm
•Dosed 1 tablespoon of KNO3 into 1 Liter or 1K ml of RODI water, then I dosed 10ml into my tank.
-1hour later-0ppm No3
(I immediately added another tablespoon to my 1 Liter mixture.)
2tablespoon-1 Liter@10ml dose= 2.92 NO3
•Dosed another 10ml into tank
-1hour later-5ppm NO3
-14 hours later-10ppm NO3----PO4-0.00ppm
*I noticed a bit more color in 2 SPS and healthier appearance to torch coral and trumpet.
-19hours after dose-10ppm NO3
*corals are glowing a lot more under actinics
-42hours (present time)after dose-5ppm NO3
Everything seems to be doing well. I will update this thread as I go. Help is always appreciated. Please comment. Thanks
My tank is SPS dominated
Reef Octopus BH50 Skimmer
Chemipure Elite
Jeabao dosing 2 part from Reef Grow and Kents Tech M Magnesium
I currently have 5 fish
Pair of Oscellaris Clownfish
Royal Gramma
Watchmen goby
Firefish
CUC
I have a bare bottom display tank with LR and in my Sump I have a 2 inch sandbed with live rock. (Chaeto died recently)
Cal-440
Alk-11dkh
Magnesium -1500
Phosphate-0.2
Nitrate- 0
pH-8.2
Nitrite-0
Ammonia-0
So I've noticed that my SPS seemed very lack luster about a month ago and I decided it was because my nitrates were 0 and with my heavy skimming and running NPX bioplastics I was stripping the water of nutrients. So I tried feeding heavily, 1 tsp of reef roids, 4ml of Acropower everyday and then half a cube of frozen Mysis (without straining) every other day. Tank started to appear dirty, then I had a cyano or diatom bloom. Dusty glass, red slime algae etc. still 0 nitrates! Three frags were affected negatively(2 Millie acropora and a Chesterfieldensis ),So I upped my CUC to combat the algae and stopped feeding as much.
I added the firefish at that point and changed the lighting schedule on the AI Prime HD to a simple 16k with a 3 hour ramp up and down. The light is about 5 inches off the water so I'm pulling like 100k LUX at the surface. Once my algae was somewhat under control I started to tackle the low nitrates problem a different way. Stump Remover
My Spectracide Stump Remover Data
Using 1tablespoon-1Liter @10ml dose=1.46 NO3
http://www.theplantedtank.co.uk/calculator.htm
•Dosed 1 tablespoon of KNO3 into 1 Liter or 1K ml of RODI water, then I dosed 10ml into my tank.
-1hour later-0ppm No3
(I immediately added another tablespoon to my 1 Liter mixture.)
2tablespoon-1 Liter@10ml dose= 2.92 NO3
•Dosed another 10ml into tank
-1hour later-5ppm NO3
-14 hours later-10ppm NO3----PO4-0.00ppm
*I noticed a bit more color in 2 SPS and healthier appearance to torch coral and trumpet.
-19hours after dose-10ppm NO3
*corals are glowing a lot more under actinics
-42hours (present time)after dose-5ppm NO3
Everything seems to be doing well. I will update this thread as I go. Help is always appreciated. Please comment. Thanks