Seems to me my PO4 and NO3 do not seem to move at the same rate. I am pretty consistant with my feeding. My tank is a 120 well established (tank is well over 10 years old with lots of ups and downs but essentially the rock in there now (seeded from my older tank) it at least 2 years old and I am getting good coraline growth on the rock and glass.). Currently I am feeding Seaweed extreme pellets, New Life spectrum Marine fish and Benepellet in equal ratios 2x a day (small doses). Then I'll do spirulina brine shrimp and mysis shrimp about 4-5 times a week.
Recently the tank got away from me. My nitrates were steading in the 10-20 range. For no reason I can see my P04 started climbing (up to .4). I started using ROWA. Currently I am at a level of .12 PO4 and 10 NO3.
So, the main question is, do we know ratios of P04 and NO3 based on food choice? If I want to drop my P04 and keep NO3 the same is there food choices that help with that (or vise versa if I want to raise P04 but keep Nitrates stable)? Or, should I just be consistent with my feeding and use dosing or media removal to try and keep the balance?
Recently the tank got away from me. My nitrates were steading in the 10-20 range. For no reason I can see my P04 started climbing (up to .4). I started using ROWA. Currently I am at a level of .12 PO4 and 10 NO3.
So, the main question is, do we know ratios of P04 and NO3 based on food choice? If I want to drop my P04 and keep NO3 the same is there food choices that help with that (or vise versa if I want to raise P04 but keep Nitrates stable)? Or, should I just be consistent with my feeding and use dosing or media removal to try and keep the balance?