Tested my nitrates and phosphate today with salifert and it read 0. I haven’t tested in over 2 years and was surprised to find that reading. System is void of algae entirely minus the small bits of film on the glass I remove every other day. System is a 42g with some mostly softy and lps. 1 small clown and chromis.
I feed them a mix of food twice daily and use reef roids once a week. Corals and fish all look healthy.
Is there any reason to raise nitrate or phosphate? I always assume zero is desirable but then I read about people intentionally not maintaining zero. Should I test a day after reef roids? Also I want to get my skimmer running, is it a bad idea? Thanks guys
I feed them a mix of food twice daily and use reef roids once a week. Corals and fish all look healthy.
Is there any reason to raise nitrate or phosphate? I always assume zero is desirable but then I read about people intentionally not maintaining zero. Should I test a day after reef roids? Also I want to get my skimmer running, is it a bad idea? Thanks guys