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Originally Posted by slief
It’s all about balance. If your Po4 climbs but your nitrates stay low, things get out of balance. Read up on Redfield ratio While there has been some debate as to it’s merits, there is debating having balanced nutrients. Then there is system maturity. My system has been up for 20 years at this house. What most people who chase Po4 levels don’t realize is that Po4 levels on many very healthy natural reefs are in excess of .10 ppm.
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You know, on more than one occasion I’ve considered sending a sample to triton.
As far as chasing numbers goes, I try not to. In fact I hadn’t tested my water in probably 6 months before I tested them this time. Like I said I neglected it for a while and I’m trying to bring it back a little.
I think my neglect came from a lot of mysteries like this.
So you think I should back off and change like 10% every two weeks? Monitor levels and see what that does?
I’m not sure why but it seems like I’ve had an especially difficult time with mortality rates in this system. It’s also odd that I have a few corals like a acan and a hammer that are doing just fine. But my torch is slowly dying after years and every piece of SPS I’ve tried just kicks the bucket.
I’m close to just tearing it down. If it wasn’t for my rescue fish making me feel bad about it I probably would have already done it.