I have added a AC20 that I had laying around, ordered a In Tank media basket & 10W submersible light for it to grow some Chaeto in if for nutrient export. My trates were never that high but phosphorus has been as its only 2 months old and has quite a deep sand bed and the live rock I purchased was only partly cured.
Last week my nitrates were between 2-5, I'm thinking that good for a weeks level after a wc and lets see what happens now with the chaeto.....well a day after my weekly 15% wc my trates are now .2 (Salifert, looking from the side barely detect a color change).
Below are the rest of my parameters:
SG 1.025
Ph 8.0
Mg 1350
Phosphorus 36 ppb or .11 phosphates in ppm
Ca 531
Alk 119
My questions are as follow:
1) I know some corals like "Dirty" water, will nitrates this low cause an issue? I their any other issues with having too low of nitrates?
2) Depending on what if any levels of nitrate rise next week should I skip a water change? Maybe start going every two weeks?
3) Phosphorus levels still being high be a concern? Do i just keep on with my 15% w/c
Here is my set up below with hardware, livestock and corals. Thanks in advance for your thoughts and recommendations.
Hardware:
Aqueon 15 gallon column tank kit w/8W Power-Glo 18K T5 light fixture, 2* TrueLumen Pro 12" Marine Fusion LED's, 1 * TrueLumen Deepwater Blue 12" LED, TrueLumen 10" LED Moonlight, Fluval 105 External Canister filter (Live Rock, Filter Floss, ChemiPure Elite, Purigen, Phosgard), Fluval Surface Skimmer, Aqueon QuiteFlow 10 (Cheato) Fuge Conversion w/IM 4W SkyyeLite, Marina 100W heater.
Livestock/Invertebrates:
Hi Fin Goby mated w/ Pistol Shrimp, 2* Peppermint Shrimp, Rock Flower Anemone
Coral:
LPS Hard Corals: Frogspawn, Candy Cane, Branching Hammer, Orange Tube Coral
SPS Hard Corals: Orange Montipora Digitata, various Birdsnest, Hyacinthus Acropora, Neon Green Horn Hydnophora
Sea Fans: Corky Finger Gorgonian
Soft Corals: Devil's Hand, Colt Tree, Toadstool Mushroom Leather, White Pom Pom Xenia
Mushrooms: Hairy Green Rhodactis, Various Rhodactis, various Ricordea, Watermelon, various Mushrooms
Polyps/Zoas: GSP, Bam Bam, Devils Armour & various Zoas, Button & various polyps in various colors.
CUC:
Snails: 7 Ceriths, 5 Nassarius, 2 Bumble Bee & 4 Trochus
Décor:
15 lbs Live Rock, 10lbsCaribSea Fiji Pink Aragonite sand
Last week my nitrates were between 2-5, I'm thinking that good for a weeks level after a wc and lets see what happens now with the chaeto.....well a day after my weekly 15% wc my trates are now .2 (Salifert, looking from the side barely detect a color change).
Below are the rest of my parameters:
SG 1.025
Ph 8.0
Mg 1350
Phosphorus 36 ppb or .11 phosphates in ppm
Ca 531
Alk 119
My questions are as follow:
1) I know some corals like "Dirty" water, will nitrates this low cause an issue? I their any other issues with having too low of nitrates?
2) Depending on what if any levels of nitrate rise next week should I skip a water change? Maybe start going every two weeks?
3) Phosphorus levels still being high be a concern? Do i just keep on with my 15% w/c
Here is my set up below with hardware, livestock and corals. Thanks in advance for your thoughts and recommendations.
Hardware:
Aqueon 15 gallon column tank kit w/8W Power-Glo 18K T5 light fixture, 2* TrueLumen Pro 12" Marine Fusion LED's, 1 * TrueLumen Deepwater Blue 12" LED, TrueLumen 10" LED Moonlight, Fluval 105 External Canister filter (Live Rock, Filter Floss, ChemiPure Elite, Purigen, Phosgard), Fluval Surface Skimmer, Aqueon QuiteFlow 10 (Cheato) Fuge Conversion w/IM 4W SkyyeLite, Marina 100W heater.
Livestock/Invertebrates:
Hi Fin Goby mated w/ Pistol Shrimp, 2* Peppermint Shrimp, Rock Flower Anemone
Coral:
LPS Hard Corals: Frogspawn, Candy Cane, Branching Hammer, Orange Tube Coral
SPS Hard Corals: Orange Montipora Digitata, various Birdsnest, Hyacinthus Acropora, Neon Green Horn Hydnophora
Sea Fans: Corky Finger Gorgonian
Soft Corals: Devil's Hand, Colt Tree, Toadstool Mushroom Leather, White Pom Pom Xenia
Mushrooms: Hairy Green Rhodactis, Various Rhodactis, various Ricordea, Watermelon, various Mushrooms
Polyps/Zoas: GSP, Bam Bam, Devils Armour & various Zoas, Button & various polyps in various colors.
CUC:
Snails: 7 Ceriths, 5 Nassarius, 2 Bumble Bee & 4 Trochus
Décor:
15 lbs Live Rock, 10lbsCaribSea Fiji Pink Aragonite sand