ok, that makes more sense heh. i know salifert nitrate test kits can get down under 1.0 but didn't think it could get down to .05 hehe. as for phosphates, there isn't a test out there that will accurately read zero, without using electronic test instruments. i've been researching both kits since i'm going to start dosing vodka and you need GOOD test kits/accurate results.
ok, if the micro bubbles are coming from your skimmer and not the bacteria, then yes, most likely it is cyano (would make sense with your normal pH).
this was my dino:
as for food... that's an ongoing debate. the *best* food you can feed is mushed up sea food (clams, shrimp, muscles, etc) smells nasty and looks like:
but, that's quite honestly IMO a nitrate factory. my fish never eat it all, my corals never eat it all, and my clean up crew ends up eating it and not the algae in the tank...
on a daily basis, i feed Sera flakes with tidbits or formula 2 flakes. i supplement with sea veggies (flaked up dried algae), mysid shrimp, and my mush. **supposedly*** my nitrates are as close to zero and my phosphates are unreadable...i also have a variety of nasty algaes all through out my sump, overflow, and a little on some rocks. i even have cyano in my sump, but it's eating nutrients and not going to the main tank, so ehh.
