SPR
Well-Known Member
For some reasons I didn’t get any notifications but I think as already said, you need to bring the calcium up to around 430-460 and also the magnesium to around 1300–1350 (or whatever numbers you prefer). My magnesium runs around 1400 and it’s vitality important because of its interactions with the other elements.
As far as Nopox you don’t need that until your nitrate starts getting to high and your nowhere near there yet. If I can help it I’m not running nopox in my new system if I can control it with other methods like ‘heavy use’ of Seachem Matrix. For no reason other than it’s expensive and just something else to add.
As far as the algae is concerned you haven’t mentioned your phosphate level. Anything in excess of 0.03ppm algae will use it as a food source (and give false low test readings) and potentially grow along with other issues.
You need something in place for phosphate removal and Nopox is not very good at all.
If you’ve read anything on my new system, and the S650, I’ve used heavy amounts (1kg) of rowaphos since day 1. I have zero algae or anything else as it strips all the phosphate and also silicates from the water to mitigate any of the ‘ugly stages’. You only need minimal phosphate levels for cell activities and the amount is tiny
As far as Nopox you don’t need that until your nitrate starts getting to high and your nowhere near there yet. If I can help it I’m not running nopox in my new system if I can control it with other methods like ‘heavy use’ of Seachem Matrix. For no reason other than it’s expensive and just something else to add.
As far as the algae is concerned you haven’t mentioned your phosphate level. Anything in excess of 0.03ppm algae will use it as a food source (and give false low test readings) and potentially grow along with other issues.
You need something in place for phosphate removal and Nopox is not very good at all.
If you’ve read anything on my new system, and the S650, I’ve used heavy amounts (1kg) of rowaphos since day 1. I have zero algae or anything else as it strips all the phosphate and also silicates from the water to mitigate any of the ‘ugly stages’. You only need minimal phosphate levels for cell activities and the amount is tiny