| When you change some thing, change it slowly and log everything that you do to your tank. This way you can go back later and look at the change and what effect it has made on your tank.
This will also help in the long run, in case you run into the same problem later on, you can look back on your reference journal and see what you did last time. Wheather it worked or not....
Trying to get to 0 Nitrate is definately a good *goal*, therefore *try to get it there* but don't kill yourself over it. The lower the reading the better.
JMHO
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-Troy
180 gallon Reef, 3- 250 XM 15K MH Electronic ballast, 380 watts VHO Actinics, 2- 5 watt LED Moon lights, 100 gal rubbermaid sump, 75 gallon Fuge, ETSS 600 Skimmer, 4700-5400 gph pump for return, Octopus 3000 controller, Iwaki 40 RL skimmer pump, 2- 65w PC 10K fuge lights, 2 55 gallon barrels, Custom light oak stand and hood, misc pumps, extra 600 gallon rated tank size protein skimmer.
Purple tang, yellow tang, pacific blue tang, 2 green chromis, 1 Sand sifting star, snails, hermit crabs, 2 mated perculas, pulsing Xenia, Anenome, mushrooms, ricordia, zoanthids, kenya tree 1 1/2" tall, misc other hitchhiker stuff.
DIY is my dream... ...well OK the only way I can afford this Addiction!!
Just as the light goes on in my head... ... I break the bulb!! |