#1 i clean up my swamp (lots of sand + crash coral gravel) 4-6" Now "O"
#2 i use to have 3"-4" sand on tank, reduce to 1"-1 1/2"
#3 i buy good Protein Skimmer (ATB 1050A) clean the cup every day, i use the intake air from outside.
#4 i buy MicroBacter7 from Brightwell Aquatics (dosing every day, direct inside reactor for 10 days, so mean i seed the media) i got 3 PM reactors 2 for media + 1 for Actve Carbon ( ROX 0.8)
#5 i buy Xport Media
Xport-BIO
Xport-NO3
Xport-PO4
#6 Dosing Vodka (i google for right chart)
I take out 1/2 the Macro Algae out + Gfo.
This take me 10 day to drop from 4-5 Nitrate ppm, Phosphate 0.04-0.08 to "O" i use to run GFO (gone) Macro Algae (Chaeto CHAETOMORPHA)
I use to run BioPellets, but i got more control this way.
#2 i use to have 3"-4" sand on tank, reduce to 1"-1 1/2"
#3 i buy good Protein Skimmer (ATB 1050A) clean the cup every day, i use the intake air from outside.
#4 i buy MicroBacter7 from Brightwell Aquatics (dosing every day, direct inside reactor for 10 days, so mean i seed the media) i got 3 PM reactors 2 for media + 1 for Actve Carbon ( ROX 0.8)
#5 i buy Xport Media
Xport-BIO
Xport-NO3
Xport-PO4
#6 Dosing Vodka (i google for right chart)
I take out 1/2 the Macro Algae out + Gfo.
This take me 10 day to drop from 4-5 Nitrate ppm, Phosphate 0.04-0.08 to "O" i use to run GFO (gone) Macro Algae (Chaeto CHAETOMORPHA)
I use to run BioPellets, but i got more control this way.