chimbo84
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I have a one year old 120gal tank with a 40g sump. It’s been looking pretty good for the last couple months despite a small chrysophyte outbreak in the last couple weeks. I’m not super worried about that. The potential issue is my nutrient levels.
I just tested at 0.0 NO3 and 0.2 PO4. I don’t have an algae issue that I’m concerned about but my corals (particularly my torches) have seemed to be a little stressed lately. Polyp extension is not great, the growth has been slow, and the chrysophytes have come back a little.
This tank has always seemed to be nitrate bound. Is this something I should actually try to fix? Every time I try to manipulate my nutrient levels, I get some sort of pest. I’ve had it all - dinos, chrysophytes, cyano, GHA, etc. The tank is finally, after a year long ugly phase, starting to stabilize so I hesitate to do anything and looking for some ideas and feedback.
I just tested at 0.0 NO3 and 0.2 PO4. I don’t have an algae issue that I’m concerned about but my corals (particularly my torches) have seemed to be a little stressed lately. Polyp extension is not great, the growth has been slow, and the chrysophytes have come back a little.
This tank has always seemed to be nitrate bound. Is this something I should actually try to fix? Every time I try to manipulate my nutrient levels, I get some sort of pest. I’ve had it all - dinos, chrysophytes, cyano, GHA, etc. The tank is finally, after a year long ugly phase, starting to stabilize so I hesitate to do anything and looking for some ideas and feedback.