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Most likely over reaction is the only problem. Happens to the best of us especially when we sit around and read tons of threads telling us how things have to be but there's tons of variables in all that, that must be researched and applied to our specific system.I can’t see what your doing wrong
I agree completely. I feed my 60g a half a mysis cube daily, and I have more fish than you. Nitrates are pretty much where I want. Not even a real concern for me. I watch phosphates closer than I do nitrates.You can but I wouldn’t advise it. Think of it this way, would you survive if you ate 3 times a week?Yes. Would it be healthy? Definitely not.
Gotta remember these are living animals. Cut back the Amount you feed daily rather than cutting back the amount of feedings weekly.
Yes! If your livestock is happy, and you're not experiencing any problems, other than your numbers not being where you want them, than I wouldn't worry too much about it.I think sometimes it’s better to just test more often and make sure everything’s stable before trying to take too many drastic measures.
Also it would be good to know what livestock you have and maybe what’s not doing so well/not well.
Agreed our corals will tell us when something is wrong. Dependant on livestock, rock, gear, maturity etc. Our reefs will fluctuate through the balance. I firmly believe this now. Whatever works for others may not particularly work for our individual systems depending on what we put in it.Yes! If your livestock is happy, and you're not experiencing any problems, other than your numbers not being where you want them, than I wouldn't worry too much about it.
Exactly! You say it much better than I.Agreed our corals will tell us when something is wrong. Dependant on livestock, rock, gear, maturity etc. Our reefs will fluctuate through the balance. I firmly believe this now. Whatever works for others may not particularly work for our individual systems depending on what we put in it.
Science has exacted a particular set of numbers that are a good refference point for keeping a healthy reef.
But if I never played or experimented with and failed with some of those numbers. I would have never acheieved the results I have on my own particular reef
You actually said it better than me just got me thinkingExactly! You say it much better than I.
To sum up both of our posts... Chase good health! Not perfect numbers!You actually said it better than me just got me thinking
To sum up both of our posts... Chase good health! Not perfect numbers!
Let me ask this food wise, can I cut back feeding to 3 times a week? My gf and I are suckers for feeding daily. The fish give us that old were starving face/dance everytime we look at them and we're suckers for it. I have 2 small clowns / a goby / fire fish / 2 blue green chromis.
I do have a decent cuc a few of each kind of snails 10ish total and 5 hermits. We're kind of good about making sure most the food gets eaten but it's not 100 I'm sure some gets away
Really shouldn’t be a problem provided his filtration isn’t utterId say feeding. I know its duh but I do flakes most the time and 1 frozen cube once a week w 12 fish.
Since your tank is small I would do a large 50-75% water change to bring the levels down and then monitor over the course of a week or so to see if the skimmer and Cheato can keep them in check.
Reducing feeding should be fine also.
If you are turning power heads off to make sure all food gets eaten then those fish don’t need 1 cube of mysis per day. they will be fine on 1/2 cube per day.
You could also use the high nutrient level as a reason to get more coral if you have room for it
Don’t cut back on feeding. Marine fish need to be well fed, and if you are just feeding Mysis you need to add some variety to thier diet.
What you want to do is be patient, and slowly adjust your tank to metabolize your nutrient input, not cut your input.
I have a 60 gallon system that gets a full frozen cube, Nori, two live feedings and two pellet feeds via an auto feeder every day. My nitrates never go above 5. That took a while though as I slowly ramped up the fish population and feeding as the tank matured.
the nitrogen cycle results in nitrate being converted into nitrogen in anerobic conditions. so the last type of bacteria to develop a functional population is the one inside your rock. like the other types it has to have available food (nitrates in this case) to expand its numbers. the more rock surface/flow the faster they breed (as i understand it)
in your build thread you were going to transfer your rock to a larger tank, did that happen yet?
As previously stated (I think?), water changes are your best method for reducing nitrates. Are you using RO/DI nitrate free water? I would increase your water change amounts or frequency to keep the numbers where you want them. Based on that, you can then fine tune other methods such as feedings.