5 weeks growth in high phosphate high nitrate reef
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Optionman
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these frags are new to my system. i had good growth in 2 birdsnest that i had previously added to mostly a lps and softie reef so i began adding more sps in early 2017. i added a red planet, green slimer, yellow tort, and teal stag in february and these 2 in april.
prior to adding sps, my alk/ca had been stable for months and i really never tested for phosphate and nitrate until march 2017 after reading many posts on low phosphate/low nutrient reefs. i bought hanna phosphate test kit and seifert nitrate kit and was shocked to see my levels (.4-.5 phosphate) and nitrates at 50. decided to leave everything alone as i dont have any algae issues and getting nice growth.
Optionman
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my Red Sea 650 (150G + 25 G sump) reef is pretty simple. i run a 2 stage CA reactor, skimmer, and bagged carbon, nothing else. weekly to 3x/month 30G water changes using RS Coral Pro salt.
i have 5 wrasses, 4 chromis, 3 med tangs (hippo/blonde naso/yellow), 4 firefish, and 1 clown. i feed a sheet of seaweed daily to the tangs and a quarter size piece of frozen mysis/rods/bloodworms 1 or 2x daily for everyone else.
post cycle i've really never had any algae issues, though i personally believe that is because i never run red or green spectrum, white spectrum only occasionally, and mostly blue/violet/royal and UV.
i have 5 wrasses, 4 chromis, 3 med tangs (hippo/blonde naso/yellow), 4 firefish, and 1 clown. i feed a sheet of seaweed daily to the tangs and a quarter size piece of frozen mysis/rods/bloodworms 1 or 2x daily for everyone else.
post cycle i've really never had any algae issues, though i personally believe that is because i never run red or green spectrum, white spectrum only occasionally, and mostly blue/violet/royal and UV.
