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07/10/2010, 08:32 PM | #26 |
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I;ve had a few large setups in the past. This go around I got a 46 gallon bow about 3 months ago. It is SPS dominated with LPS and zoas. I have a variety of Zoas..Spidermans, AOG, Deepwaters, whamming watermelon, lunar eclipse, etc, etc. My nitrates run about 30. I change 10% a week and run a big skimmer for my size tank. I also run Purigen, GFO, and ROX carbon 24/7. The reason teh nitrates are high is due to a heavy bioload of fish and heavy feeding. I've always ran my tanks this way and always had great success. Zoas/palys grow like weeds and SPS grow very fast. Not what everybody is preaching but in the 15 years I've been keeping reef tanks I never had a problem keeping my nitrates in the 20-40 range. Here is my tank now. I set this one up 3 months ago with all dry rock
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"The democracy will cease to exist if we take from those who are willing to work and give to those who are not." -Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: 46 gallon bow. 20L sump. Vortech MP10, Tunze 6045, Koralia nano, SWC Extreme 160 skimmer, ATI Sunpower, Reefkeeper Elite, etc, etc |
01/27/2018, 02:58 PM | #27 |
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I also experienced the tsame
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02/12/2018, 01:08 AM | #28 | |
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30 to 40 ppm is fine for me, 4 years now. |
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02/13/2018, 07:28 PM | #29 |
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I ran a reef tank for 8 years, took a break and am now back in. I've had corals for around a month and have been mainly testing for alk, ca, and mag but since I was testing those tonight I tested nitrates. I got 0 nitrates but have a small amount of algae so must be as I get nitrates the algae is consuming it. I've got around 15 different zoa frags and many have put on babies. Color is great as well. I only have 4 small fish in my 125 but I feed them frozen 3-4 times a day so I'm keeping the tank as nutrient rich as I can with the small fish load I have.
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02/22/2018, 09:24 AM | #30 |
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