High Nutrients in a Nano Reef Tank??? - Waterbox Peninsula Mini 15g
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- High Nutrients in my Waterbox peninsula mini 15g Nano Reef Tank??? is this an issue?
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I wouldn’t worry about it. I would just continue to do consistent water changes, it will bring them down a bit.
Tank looks great!
Thank you, yeah I do weekly water changes as it is so I will just stick with it and see how it does
You could always up the water change a couple of litres, and pop a small amount of rowaphos in, maybe 1/4 of recommended amount, just a thought. But like you say, if it's stable, just monitor eh.
Thank you, I do have a tiny amount of rowa in a bag but I'm not sure if it's actually working just being in a bag
@@BeardedReef is it in the sump with water flowing through? How many grams?
You could monitor PO4 and see if it changes with more rowaphos in, not just numbers, but appearance.
Every tank is different eh!
FYI u got alot of corals looks good
Thank you
You tank looks great. Dont chase the numbers.
Thank you, yeah I agree! 👍
@@BeardedReef I had to leave my tank for about two months earlier in the year. My wife kept topping up the RO water resevoir. The only issue had was when the nutrients zerod out. Some of the Zoas were looking worse for wear, I ended up dosing nitrates and the Zoas have recovered now. I have a Forest fire digitata and a Bali Slimer, they are fine with a lovely colour now, they seem to be pretty resilient.
Yeah I think the days of ultra low nutrient systems are gone now to be honest mate, the corals I have seem to prefer the higher levels
@@BeardedReef A question I have been meaning to ask, what salt do you use please?
@@jules2545 I use tropic marin pro reef salt
My tanks water parameters are almost exactly like urs lol. My tank maintains at 35-40 ppm nitrates. You are correct. Do NOT chase numbers. I was chasing numbers at the beginning and my tank looked terrible. Now it looks amazing.
Yeah thats exactly like me, I'm just going to do my weekly water change and let it settle there, fingers crossed it's happy at that
My tank is also sitting at 10-20ppm NO3 and 0.01ppm PO4. Tank is 2yr old, SPS dominant (most of them are 18-20 months old in tank) , doing alright, in fact corals are thriving.
Nice one thays awesome mate
Great vid Ross, I would be thinking about a decent water change at some point to knock it down but as your tank matures you can just watch for signs of a bloom and react… once anything takes hold it’s takes longer to get rid..
Thanks mate, I do a 10L water change every week but I'm a bit reluctant to up that as it's stable and looks great just now, if I need to then I can but I'm curious to see if the elevated nutrients might not be the bad thing we all think it is
Wow! The tank looks the best it's ever looked to be fair. What's that stuck under your beard? 😂 Enjoyed the video and it presents a good case for nutrient rich nano tanks. 👍
mic lol lol
Thanks mate, I think it looks great so going to just continue doing what I'm doing and see how it does, it's my microphone, ive trimmed the beard so you can see it more now haha, it's always been tucked under there 😀
Hi Bud, most lps corals will tolerate higher nutrients. Keep in mind having high po4 hinders growth speed. It can also make corals brittle - easy to break. If you add some acropora in that tank you will see the effects quickly. If you want to keep with the lps and softies dont stress about it. However I would suggest getting the po4 down a bit as that is really high. For lps I would aim for 0.10 - 0.20
Thanks mate, I dont plan on adding any sps to this tank as its pretty much full and I'm not a fan of sps but yeah you are completely right!
As long as the Phosphate : Nitrate ratio is correct then its good. IMO.
Yeah I'd agree, thanks mate
I think corals are like any other creature on this planet. Unique. One corals needs are different to another. You can't pinpoint certain things as "universal", if your tank looks good and corals are happy, that is all that matters.
Tank looks awesome
Yeah you are completely right on that one, they are all different, they will soon tell you if they are unhappy
Your tank look better every week Ross. As we all know every tank is different. I gave up chasing numbers and amending my dosing for the slightest change over a year ago now. My tank has never looked better. Maybe it’s a conspiracy from reffing companies so they sell more products by advertising that nutrients must be low etc.
Yeah ive a feeling the days of ultra low nutrients are gone now, after all our corals need nutrients to feed on and grow! So can't be all bad!
Great vid as always Ross. Your tank is looking very good indeed.
Thanks mate appreciate it 👍
If it works it just works. Aquarium looks fab so why not just enjoy it… if you’re consistently doing the same thing week in week out; then it eventually finds a balance.
Thank you very much, yeah I agree to be honest, just going to continue with my weekly water changes and see how it goes
love the channel, what is your opinion on pinkies filter floss VS inTanks version?
Thank you very much but sorry I've never heard of either or them or tried them so I can't comment
Good video, bit of a conundrum with the levels, should be interesting long term.
Thanks mate, yeah I can only try it with elevated levels and see how it does, fingers crossed
Great
Like you say they seem high....especially the phosphate. The tank looks healthy though. I agree that getting near zero isn't ideal either. Been reading little bits about the ratio between phosphate and nitrates so you've possibly achieved that, I don't know I'm no expert. If you did want to lower it a bit maybe up your water change percentage instead of using media etc to lower it. Your happy where its at so let's see how it goes👍
Yeah thats exactly it, the tank looks great and it is stable so I'm reluctant to change too much now to be honest
Hi, great tank. Do you still dose Vibrant? Is that the reason algae are not bothering your tank?
Thank you, no I haven't dosed vibrant for around 6 months now
How many litre's water change are you doing a week? Why not bump it up by 5 litre's and see what it brings your nitrates down to. Just gives you a bit of a buffer if you miss the odd water change and the nitrates potentially increases because of it and causes issues?
I do a 10L water change per week, I could up it and see what it brings it down to but it's stable and looks great so I'm a little reluctant to do that just now
If tank is 15 g u figure a 5 gallon water change once a week never have high levels...maybe if did every 2 weeks would make more sense for your levels...how many gallons do u change and when? I not even test just nitrate and 5 gallon water change in a 30g tank drops nitrate from 30 to like 10 but using api test kit and not fancy one
Thanks, I change about 2.5g every week,
I don’t think it’s a bad thing. Soft corals and LPS use those nitrates. Someone who maintains fish tanks in the area said the best looking SPS tank they maintain has nitrates around 40. It’s the high phosphates that can inhibit the growth of your stony corals. Moderately high nitrates don’t seem to do anything bad and in many cases, do good. Very well may be an old school mentality like you said.
Also snoop dogg high had me 🤣 I’d say lower phosphates if you want your corals to grow faster with GFO
Yeah I don't think it's a bad thing for me either as I dont keep SPS so I don't need the ultra low nutrient levels, the old school way seems to be dying out now! Haha wasn't til after I said it I thought it might have been inappropriate for youtube but I stuck with it anyway, adds a bit of humour I guess
For sure, I don’t think the nitrates are a problem at all and I think the phosphates are primarily an issue for coral growth not coral health (which is why your tank looks so great). Bulk reef supplies recently released their master series on nutrients and they talk about how phosphates bind to the stony structure of LPS and SPS, preventing new crystallized growth from occurring, but if you’re not so worried about growth - I’d said keep going as you are
Tank looks great. I don't think anyone knows what is truly going on with high nutrients.
Thank you, I certainly don't haha
@@BeardedReef The thing I noticed when there is high nutrients is corals can loose some colour.
Maybe something you could try and monitor with pics and see if you have any change over time or if it is just me and certain corals
What do you put the increase in nutrients down too? Any changes? At one point your nitrate was supper low, you even started removing bio balls…but yeah tank it definitely looking it’s best!
I'm honestly not sure, I had over a week where I didn't touch the tank as I had the rona and since then it's been higher, settled out now tho and is stable
Tanks looking bra...
Thank you very much! 👍
Lol Snoop Dogg high 😄
🤣🤣🤣🤷♂️
That frag rack is so cool! Where did you get it?
I've LPS/softie tank too and i did a lot of things to reduce my nutrients because that's what everybody says in the hobby. Used to have No3 around 20-25 ppm and phosphates 0.10 ppm but my corals were happy. I started cabon dosing and managed to reduce my NO3 to around 8-10 ppm and Phosphate to 0.05 but my duncan, my ricordea, my goniopora are not doing well. Now i'm raising my nutrients again and hope for the best.
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Yeah everyone says keep them low but my corals are telling me differently
Do you use chemipure or something in your filter section?
No I don't use chemipure mate
@@BeardedReef that really helps me and perfect for nano tanks
I think someone recommended it before so I definitely need to look into it, its in a little sachet isn't it?
@@BeardedReef corect