Pat's 120

[pterfloth]

I am now close th the end of week 4 and my nitrates and phosphates, which had been dropping are on the rise.

Current Treatment Regime:
1 litre of UltraLith
3 drops/day of UltraBio
2 ml/day of UltraMin
2 ml/day of UltraMin
Cost/day: $1.25

Nitrates: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 0.06 ppm (heated)
Salinity: 1.026
Calcium: 420 ppm
Magnesium: 1510 ppm
Alkalinity: 130 ppm

While the cyano on the sand bed has decreased, the hair algae is increasing. Not too happy to see that, nor the rise in nitrates and phosphates.

I stopped the daily addition of 4 ml/day of the Ultra Amin SPS at the beginning of week 4 due to the increasing hair algae. Colors are still good and polyp extension remains very good.

Not sure where to go from here, but I would like to get the low nutrient levels I have been hoping for.