Nitrate Level with new aquarium

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ramirezjrj

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Any advice or insight would be great. Background: I have a 90g tank with a 25 g sump and a protein skimmer. My aquarium has been running for 3 months and it was done cycling 4 weeks ago. I added 3 fish two weeks ago. I feed the fish once a day a very small amount of dry food. There is a slight diatom bloom that is starting to disappear. My issue is the nitrate level, for the last week its seems to be stuck at 10. My salinity is 1.027, ph 8.3, ammonia has been 0, and nitrite have been 0. I did a 15 gallon water change two days ago. I am using RODI water. Do I need to be concerned with the nitrate level? I would like to add some coral in a month or so when I am sure that my tank has stabilized. I wont get any more fish, I am really interested in coral pretty much.

thanks for any insight you can provide.
 
From the guidelines I have received, your nitrate level seems fine. I believe it is recommended to have 10 ad under nitrates for a reef tank, there is a sticky at the top of this forum with recommended water parameters guidelines. It might be good to get some more fish to have some activity in your tank. How deep is your sandbed? You might want to look into a diamond goby once your tank matures a little bit. (6-12 month mark).
 
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