How do my water parameters look? Excel graph included

mike27t

mike27t

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First off am I the only nerd on here who records each test within Excel??
I started recording towards the end of my cycle.
Second - Do you think my tank is ready to start adding more corals or is it still to early in my tanks life? Right now I just have a couple mushrooms, anemone and feather duster.
Lighting - Nova Extreme Pro which equates to 5.85 watts per gallon (50 gal total, 40dt)
Calcium is constant 420-460. I started testing a couple weeks ago, not included in the graph because it keeps throwing my chart off.
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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nitrates are a little high but not unmanagable, ph stable, no am, trite, or trate. alk looks good. I'd say your in fairly good shape but should work on getting the trates as close to zero as you can.
 
gmann1139

gmann1139

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No you're not the only nerd. I keep a set of Excel charts for each tank, along with some formulas to keep track of maintenance.
Ditto on the nitrates. I'd wait a month and see what happens. How often are you doing WC? That can affect how your nitrates bounce around.
Divide your calcium by 100. Then it will fit in well.
 
darknes

darknes

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Haha, I like it!
If you want to add the calcium numbers on there, you can do a multiple Y-Axis chart in Excel. It would add another axis on the right side in the range of 400-500 or something like that.
 
mike27t

mike27t

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I do 10% water change every other week, ill begin doing this weekly to keep the trates stable.
Thanks for the suggestions and advice everyone. I divided the Calcium by 100 and added increments of 1 to my y-axis to reveal more detail to the parameters.
 
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