danil
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from what I am learning is if you want to have good growth you need to have some nutrients, then you can raise the alk and calcium and get growth. In the research I have been doing and some advice I was giving was to raise NO3 to 1-2ppm, PO4 to .06-.08 at that point you can think of Alkalinity as energy for growth. The higher the Alk the faster the growth. Now ofcourse you have to raise calcium aswell. We will see I am going to tests this if I can ever get my nitrates to 1-2ppm.
To contribute to this thread I can share my experience with LNS. Exact same issue you're having. Same 'treatment' procedure - less water changes, more feeding, skimmer off for few ours after feeding time. It did help but I was doing my 'treatment' too aggressively and overshoot my target which gives me another set of issues. I would recommend to follow the treatment but very slowly. System has it's own inertia and might take you over your target with no brakes. GL.