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Originally Posted by reefwars
colors in my sps could def be better, most are def pastel colors ,i havent had great success with sps any acros i add die off quickly and so far my birdnest is doing good lots of PE but hardly any color. my procillipora(crappy speller lol) is doing great its tripled in size in about two months.all my montys have great color but no growth.
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This is primarily from the phosphate.
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Originally Posted by reefwars
id like to bring my phos down for sure and i believe you are right its coming from the food mostly, and lately ive been getting algae problems so my nitrates are def higher then whats being tested. my amonia test are around a year old i would say and the bottle is almost empty.i re tested tonight and im down to .5 after a 40% water change last night. what are your thoughts on phosphate remover from coralife or kent phosphate sponge?? do they work??
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Algae consumes more phosphate then nitrate. Your tank is a perfect host for algae right now. I wouldn't use either of those phosphate medias. Imo, almost every tank out there would hugely benefit from the use of a TLF PhosBan reactor and some GFO. GFO is the reddish brown granules. Anything else will have a minimal impact. PhosBan reactors are about $45-50 (come with tubing and a ball valve for flow adjustment), a small pack of GFO is about $20-30 (last awhile on the 33), and then you need a MaxiJet 400 to run it. It is a bit of an investment, but imo it shouldn't be overlooked. My algae page talks more about GFO and how to use it.
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Originally Posted by reefwars
for my new set up i plan to take better care of whats going in so ill be using ro/di ,controller,phosban reactor,media reactors for carbon.ill have a full fuge with chaeto.ill also be logging certain feeding times so i feed more regulary and so i can keep better track of whats going in  |
Your 33 isn't RO/DI? Try testing the tap water for ammonia, nitrate, and phosphate then. If Edmonton uses chloramine you will be introducing ammonia that way.
I would suggest you keep a refugium and chaeto separately. Chaeto is a great filter when the chamber is designed around it. My algae page talks about that too.
A reef log is worth its weight in gold imo. I keep a detailed log...parameters, when fish are added, take pics and date them, changes in dosing, brand changes, bulbs changes, media changes...I write down lots of stuff. I refer to it often when questions come up.