Mghslowell
Aquarium Advice Activist
ok i have a 55g reef with 4 inch dsb. 80 lbs lr established for 4 years. i just did a water change maybe 10 gallons of ro/di water about 5 hours ago. i have a tomato clown hosted to a lta and a mandarin. i have shrooms and polyps. 2 power heads and a cpr bakpak2 skimmer.
i just tested my levels
ph 8.2
salinity 1.023
ammonia 0.00
nitrite 0.00
nitrate 40-80 ppm.
i have a penguin 330 filter with a cabon insert and in teh other tray is a plant i got a form of algea
it looks like a wire mesh ball that youll find near your sink. but its green. i have some in there and in my cpr bakpak2 reef ready skimmer where the bio material should be. my copopod refuge if you want to call it for i have so many copopods. here it is
i dose my tank once a day with Mark Weisse combo vital and feed my fish 2 times a week everything seems happy shroom are in full bloom amenone is full bloom and ginormous.
can anyone help bring my no3 down and why the dramatic rise? last time i did a WC was about 2 weeks ago and i just did one about 15 percent with rodi hmm.
any help will be appreciated!
i just tested my levels
ph 8.2
salinity 1.023
ammonia 0.00
nitrite 0.00
nitrate 40-80 ppm.
i have a penguin 330 filter with a cabon insert and in teh other tray is a plant i got a form of algea
it looks like a wire mesh ball that youll find near your sink. but its green. i have some in there and in my cpr bakpak2 reef ready skimmer where the bio material should be. my copopod refuge if you want to call it for i have so many copopods. here it is
i dose my tank once a day with Mark Weisse combo vital and feed my fish 2 times a week everything seems happy shroom are in full bloom amenone is full bloom and ginormous.
can anyone help bring my no3 down and why the dramatic rise? last time i did a WC was about 2 weeks ago and i just did one about 15 percent with rodi hmm.
any help will be appreciated!