| EK, is right, weekly water changes would help.
As for the test kits, salifert is great, and I've also heard good things about seachem (I beleive it was). The Aquarium Pharm. kits suck, and the test strips are usualy only good for a general range of the water params.
I used to have an Aquarium Pharm. kit, and never got a nitrate reading other than 20 ppm. I now have a Marine Master salt water test center kit, and the LFS owner says that it is the same reagents as salifert.
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90g AGA, 18g tall sump, CSS 220 w/ meshmod impeller, 4x54w Tek T5 retro w/ IC reflectors, Kalk reactor w/ aquamedic niveaumat system, a few SPS, LPS, zoos, and a few softies, 2 Ocellaris Clowns (hosted by both a RBTA and GBTA), Yellow Watchman, Potter's angel, Yellow Tang, Foxface, Midas Blenny, Purple Pseudo, huge brittle star, 2 tigertail cukes, fire shrimp, snails, and unfortunately two emerald crabs (the bubble algae got out of control).
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