camaroguy
04/06/2015, 11:27 AM
Hi,
About 4 days ago I installed a new sump and protein skimmer. I am pretty sure my old skimmer just wasn't doing much from what I have seen since. My PH is up .2 or more, and there was more skimmate in the first two days than there was for two weeks with the other skimmer.
Now, I have been dosing NO3PO4x for a while to help with some high nitrates. The numbers had very slowly been coming down before. As of yesterday they seemed to be holding pretty steady at around 10.
Yesterday afternoon I noticed my ORP was above 300 for the first time in months. Last night it was at 350. This morning it is at 455. Any ideas what this might indicate? Did the NO3PO4x finally just suddenly start working overtime with the new skimmer pulling the bacteria flocks from the water?
I will test the nitrates again today just for curiousity sake. I am NOT injecting ozone either.
About 4 days ago I installed a new sump and protein skimmer. I am pretty sure my old skimmer just wasn't doing much from what I have seen since. My PH is up .2 or more, and there was more skimmate in the first two days than there was for two weeks with the other skimmer.
Now, I have been dosing NO3PO4x for a while to help with some high nitrates. The numbers had very slowly been coming down before. As of yesterday they seemed to be holding pretty steady at around 10.
Yesterday afternoon I noticed my ORP was above 300 for the first time in months. Last night it was at 350. This morning it is at 455. Any ideas what this might indicate? Did the NO3PO4x finally just suddenly start working overtime with the new skimmer pulling the bacteria flocks from the water?
I will test the nitrates again today just for curiousity sake. I am NOT injecting ozone either.