essop3
New member
We've been awful slow on here lately. With our meeting a month away I thought we could use a good debate.
I tested my water the other day and had zero nitrates, as always. It got me to wondering how. I'm kinda lazy about water changes so I don't think that's doing it. I'm gonna list facts about my tank and you tell me what you think.
125g tank with 30g sump
15 gallon refugium with chaeto/feather calupra lit 24/7
660w of VHO (I do need new bulbs)
Use RO/DI for top offs and water changes
changed ~70g in 2007 (told you I was lazy)
3" DSB
~225# live rock
I feed macro from the fuge, nori on rare occasions (~1 sheet month) Average 1.5 cube of mysis per day
Fish stock:
6" foxface
5" purple tang
2- false percs
royal gramma
spotted mandarin
bangaii cardinal
Yellow watchman goby
Cleaning crew:
many many mixed hermits & snails
Huge brittle star
serpent star
1 skunk cleaner
a few peppermint shrimp
a few emerald crabs
So what do you credit my zero nitrates?
I tested my water the other day and had zero nitrates, as always. It got me to wondering how. I'm kinda lazy about water changes so I don't think that's doing it. I'm gonna list facts about my tank and you tell me what you think.
125g tank with 30g sump
15 gallon refugium with chaeto/feather calupra lit 24/7
660w of VHO (I do need new bulbs)
Use RO/DI for top offs and water changes
changed ~70g in 2007 (told you I was lazy)
3" DSB
~225# live rock
I feed macro from the fuge, nori on rare occasions (~1 sheet month) Average 1.5 cube of mysis per day
Fish stock:
6" foxface
5" purple tang
2- false percs
royal gramma
spotted mandarin
bangaii cardinal
Yellow watchman goby
Cleaning crew:
many many mixed hermits & snails
Huge brittle star
serpent star
1 skunk cleaner
a few peppermint shrimp
a few emerald crabs
So what do you credit my zero nitrates?