7.5 Gallon Bookshelf Nano
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It's room temperature. I've only tried the ESV stuff. It took a while to dial in the right dosage, but it has raised the nitrates on my tests so it seems to be doing its job. Five drops per day directly into the tank has keep the nitrates steady around 20 ppm for several months now. Does ammonium bicarbonate raise ammonium?
tribbitt
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Running activated carbon may help reduce risk of coral disease by lowering dissolved organic carbon. Increased DOC is linked with increased copiotrophic bacterial growth. If something starts dying, I take it out immediately for the same reason. Virulent bacteria won't stay on just that coral and may increase risk of coral disease elsewhere
It seems like you run higher amounts of light. Corals produce harmful byproducts during photosynthesis, ROS. Those need to leave the coral, so things like trace elements (mechanisms to move it out) and flow (making the boundary layer thinner) can help.
In a tank this small I recommend using sand too. My 10gallon is doing meh because I don’t have sand in it too
It seems like you run higher amounts of light. Corals produce harmful byproducts during photosynthesis, ROS. Those need to leave the coral, so things like trace elements (mechanisms to move it out) and flow (making the boundary layer thinner) can help.
In a tank this small I recommend using sand too. My 10gallon is doing meh because I don’t have sand in it too
Chrism1330
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I dont see a 10g build thread i wanna see what that one looks like is it as colorful as the 20g
Ah ok so it isn't a powder. If it was a powder you mix into a solution, that would be the dead giveaway with it getting cold.
The idea behind using ammonium vs. nitrate is that it's more energy efficient for bacteria and corals to use it since they don't need to convert it as far.
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