r0cksteady
03/18/2014, 06:50 AM
Hi All,
I've recently restarted my system. Dosing zeobak, coral snow and run bio-pellets.
I have hardly any fish in my 500 gallon setup but dose all the liquid continuum coral food products to satisfy my filter feeders / nps ( averaged out to 5ml per day in total).
My question, my nitrate and phosphate have been sitting at the same score for over a month:
P04 - 0.08 (Hanna)
N02 - 2ppm (redsea)
If I want to migrate from a mixed reef to more sps focused, how much lower should I try and get them or are these acceptable levels?
Am I nitrate limited for the bio-pellets to drop the phosphate further? If so what's the safest/most natural way of raising nitrates in Order for the bio pellets to drop them both further?
I've recently restarted my system. Dosing zeobak, coral snow and run bio-pellets.
I have hardly any fish in my 500 gallon setup but dose all the liquid continuum coral food products to satisfy my filter feeders / nps ( averaged out to 5ml per day in total).
My question, my nitrate and phosphate have been sitting at the same score for over a month:
P04 - 0.08 (Hanna)
N02 - 2ppm (redsea)
If I want to migrate from a mixed reef to more sps focused, how much lower should I try and get them or are these acceptable levels?
Am I nitrate limited for the bio-pellets to drop the phosphate further? If so what's the safest/most natural way of raising nitrates in Order for the bio pellets to drop them both further?