Yes.. I think that a key point here is that as long as corals are happy and algae is at bay, nutrients are only a small part of the reef equation.
That's an interesting method of nutrient reduction.. were you using an algae fuge while doing this?
Hey Bulent, I have about 27 fish. The tangs and butterfly being a good size. None of my fish are robust looking aside from my melanurus wrasse. The tangs and butterfly are on the skinny side, I'd say..
So, here are my latest test results.. I used my birthday morning to do tests!
N. 2
P. .17
Ca. 420
Alk. 7
Sr. 3-4
Mg 1300
K 380
In mid October, I dosed fluconazole. N went from 2 to 40 after treatment. Between then and now, n has been steadily falling and as of today, has come back to where it was before the treatment..
Same story for P. It was around .13-.18 before, went to .3 and has now gone back to .17
Because my numbers have reached where they were before fluconazole- using the cheato as reducer , I think I am not going to change anything right now and watch where nutrients go over the next several weeks.
Back last fall, when n got below 1, I tried adding some nitrate in hopes I could boost n and maybe pull down P a bit. It didn't really work...
this time I will just monitor the situation for a while..
In the future, I may take yours and ucantwin "˜s advice and reduce food from 2 feedings of 5 cubes each to 4 cubes each feeding and see what happens.