Jezzlambert
New member
So... Im 8 months into my new 120ltr build. With custom made optiwhite rimless/frameless 10mm tank
And for 7 months ive been battling a nitrate problem. Its was sitting at around 40ppm all the time.
With that ive had all the algae issues that come with high nitrates and have come very close to packing it in.
But not one to quit, i started to battle my cyano outbreak which took over the tank. So i spent a month syphoning it out twice a week. That battle i have now won
With not having a sump (yet) i stripped down my canister filter and now have seachem bio matrix, ATM supernova marine carbon ( very impressive product!)
And live rock rubble. I intend to put seachem phosgaurd and purigen in the next couple of weeks.
After much research and debate i decided to start dosing No4 Po4X.
My understanding and experience with this is its takes a while to kick in. It took about 6weeks till i started to really notice any drop in nitrates. I managed to get them to around 20ppm and no lower. So i increased nopox slightly and started dosing reef foundation ABC+. Also installed a vecton V2300 UV light, increased the wet skimming on my deltec mce300 to compensate the nopox dosing.
Was also having a slight PH issue so also dosing aquavitro 8.4
That has now stabilised
So today ive done a full water test and the results are.
Nitrates 0
Phosphates 0
Nitrites 0
Ammonia 0
PH 8.29
Salinity 1.0255
Calcium 440
I finally have the tank looking like i always wanted it to...
My fish stock consist of
Yellow tang
Regal tang
Purple dottyback
Valentini puffer
Emperor angel
Tomato clown
Common clown
Sand sifting star fish
Did have a mandarin goby until last week when he went diving out the tank :-(
Please feel free to comment
And for 7 months ive been battling a nitrate problem. Its was sitting at around 40ppm all the time.
With that ive had all the algae issues that come with high nitrates and have come very close to packing it in.
But not one to quit, i started to battle my cyano outbreak which took over the tank. So i spent a month syphoning it out twice a week. That battle i have now won
With not having a sump (yet) i stripped down my canister filter and now have seachem bio matrix, ATM supernova marine carbon ( very impressive product!)
And live rock rubble. I intend to put seachem phosgaurd and purigen in the next couple of weeks.
After much research and debate i decided to start dosing No4 Po4X.
My understanding and experience with this is its takes a while to kick in. It took about 6weeks till i started to really notice any drop in nitrates. I managed to get them to around 20ppm and no lower. So i increased nopox slightly and started dosing reef foundation ABC+. Also installed a vecton V2300 UV light, increased the wet skimming on my deltec mce300 to compensate the nopox dosing.
Was also having a slight PH issue so also dosing aquavitro 8.4
That has now stabilised
So today ive done a full water test and the results are.
Nitrates 0
Phosphates 0
Nitrites 0
Ammonia 0
PH 8.29
Salinity 1.0255
Calcium 440
I finally have the tank looking like i always wanted it to...
My fish stock consist of
Yellow tang
Regal tang
Purple dottyback
Valentini puffer
Emperor angel
Tomato clown
Common clown
Sand sifting star fish
Did have a mandarin goby until last week when he went diving out the tank :-(
Please feel free to comment
