Whoops! I added a fleece roller to my system. At the same time, I lowered my daily feeding frequency from 2-3, down to 1 a day. Also added a bag of copepods.
My nitrates were 7ppm, and phosphates were .03ppm before the changes.
I've not tested these two parameters since making the changes about a month ago. Was about to do a water change, so I decided to test em. I'm glad I did.
Im considering my options because I dont want these two bottomed out. Some of my corals have looked less happy than usual, and this is probably why.
Do I? -
• Do smaller water changes
• Increase the feeding
• Do less frequent water changes
• Throw it all away
I had originally made these changes to combat the uglies. It worked..
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@Coral_Zone
311d
Yeah I’d skipped the water change as well. Maybe consider even some Phytafeast to help get some phosphate to come back up a little bit.
@Nasser
291d
Are you dosing any product in this tank ?
@FloridaMan007
291d
Just Red Sea Alkalinity. Starting to dose Calcium and Magnesium, Im considering making a switch to AFR. I still haven't gotten the nitrates and phosphates to rise. Added a fish yesterday. I'm gonna do a smaller waterchange than im used to doing today.
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With bottomed out nutrients you will get the worse kind of uglies, it’s always better to be on the higher side than to have bottomed out nutrients, skip a water change, increase feeding, test regularly and make sure to follow the instructions to the T!
Alright, I'll stick to that and see how it goes. I was leaning towards exactly what you recommended. Thanks, buddy!
No problem!