Thank you Richard Ross!

[gmdcdvm]

Hello,
I finally got a chance to cash in my raffle prize from the last swap: Consult with Richard Ross. It was a great discussion and very informative! Thanks again Rich. Appreciate it! And thanks to the club for setting this up as a prize!
Gerry

 

[glee]

Key takeaways to share?

 

[MarcosD]

Knowledge is invaluable!

 

[gmdcdvm]

Biggest for me was his thoughts on flow, nutrients/phos/nitrates along with too much of anything can be bad.

I need to work on the overall flow of my tank to get more of the water mass moving around the tank.

My nitrates are way low.
Going to switch from a GFO reactor to Lanthanum for managing phosphate.

Make gradual adjustments and monitor results.

I gave him a break down of my tank set up along with some issues I have had and he helped provide some ideas about how to improve things.

 

[iani]

Nitrates being low can also in turn cause the phosphates to be high. Maybe dose a bit of nitrates?