Cali Kid Corals

very low nitrates and phospahtes

jamie

jamie

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so i had a hair algae out break a few months ago. manual removal and brushing it off worked. theres a few tuff's here and there. i was going through that for 3 months or so. i would test weekly and would get 0 nitrates and 0 phospahtes. figured that the GHA was consuming it all. been about a month since i cleared it out. now that its gone im still reading 0 on both. getting a bit worried. i have a 525 with 11 fish. most being on the smaller side cept for the fox face and hippo. i feed quite a bit now. @derek_SR said my fish were on the skinny side. 2x4 inch sheets of nori 4 times a day. pellets and frozen 4-6 times a day. also using reef chili. at twice the recommended starting dose. the sps i got from @derek_SR a couple months ago have grown on to the rock work. they seem like there doing pretty good. but my gut says they should be doing better. i test about every other day. i took my reefmatt off line last night. going to test again tomorrow. i ordered an automatic feeder. will be here next week. skimmer has been off the past month as well. any ideas?
 
If your corals are happy…good polyp extension on the sps and the lps are phat and fleshy
Then you tank is happy
Don’t chase numbers
Feed your fish and corals
Do regular water changes (large enough to matter)
Read your tank, not a screen

I would question either the tests or your method of performing the test
Or both
 
Kensington Reefer said:
If your corals are happy…good polyp extension on the sps and the lps are phat and fleshy
Then you tank is happy
Don’t chase numbers
Feed your fish and corals
Do regular water changes (large enough to matter)
Read your tank, not a screen

I would question either the tests or your method of performing the test
Or both
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the tank need some phospates and nitrate.
i took a water sample to AC. they got the same numbers i did. going to send out an icp test tomorrow. i change 15 gallons a week
 
More pellets, more frozen, until you get some numbers closer.

Agree to try testing with another kit and see if you get similar results.

But yeah, if corals and fish are happy, just keep doing what you are doing
 
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