Rickyrooz

Acropora Nut
Location
Newtown, PA
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Well it's official, I started my 120 gallon algae grow out tank today. I removed all the corals from the display to battle this issue. My frag tank is doing better than my display and will be housing my corals until the 120 is ready.
 

Rickyrooz

Acropora Nut
Location
Newtown, PA
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I added 1/4 tsp. of sodium nitrate powder to my 120 last night and tested the water this morning. I am still dosing 0.5 mL ZEOstart3 and 4 drops of Sponge Power daily.
Salinity - 1.026 (35 ppt)
Alkalinity ? 7.4 (Salifert) 7/19 exp.
Calcium ? 470 (Salifert) 2/20 exp.
Nitrate - 1.0 (Salifert) 6/16 exp.
Phosphate ? 0.02 (Hanna) 3/17 exp.
Nitrates bumped up from 0 and phosphates went down from 0.06. I stopped using GFO and dosing lanthanum chloride. I believe I truly was nitrate limited and now the bacteria can do their work! I need to turn my calcium dosing pump off as 470 is too high for ZEOvit. I added another 1/4 tsp of sodium nitrate and will test again tonight.
 

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