njbluefish
Member
Hello all......Good day!
I want to do some refuge work today in my tank. I have had some battle with higher
No3's say like 60-80ppm and can't put a finger on why they consistantly are high. I do a 40% water change onece a month.
Info on my tank:
Sal 1.023
Temp 78
No3's 80ppm
No2's 0
Cal 350
Alk 8.3-8.4
110G Full reef
200-250lbs of LR
Power compacts...MH were $$$
Softies...one encrusting hard coral (don't know what it is)
light sand bed...less than one inch...just a dusting for looks
40 Gal breeder Sump.....filled to the top with LR.
2 300W heaters
3" sand bed
Some macro alge in the sump...not much room 4 ot to grow
1700GPM pump
MTC Skimmer doubble air stone (5ft tall...overkill...but I purchased it for a good price)
strip light over sump
CPR 24" hang on the back refuge
3" refuge sand/mud
8 mangrove
Various macro's
Musscle....yeah a hitch hiker from one coral I bought
OK....here is my take...is it possible that my sump does not have enough water movement? Can I have to much LR in my sump. My problem is a unique one....all of my buds that had (key word) had reef tanks gave me their LR and goods when they decided to break down their tank. I have accumulated the better part of 200-300lbs of LR. Lets just say I have half of a 110 filled with LR and a 40Gal sump packed with LR.
What can I do to make my water more stable? Remove more rock in my sump....I would like to have more macro's growing in my sump...but the volume of rock prohibits this.
Any thoughts?????
I want to do some refuge work today in my tank. I have had some battle with higher
No3's say like 60-80ppm and can't put a finger on why they consistantly are high. I do a 40% water change onece a month.
Info on my tank:
Sal 1.023
Temp 78
No3's 80ppm
No2's 0
Cal 350
Alk 8.3-8.4
110G Full reef
200-250lbs of LR
Power compacts...MH were $$$
Softies...one encrusting hard coral (don't know what it is)
light sand bed...less than one inch...just a dusting for looks
40 Gal breeder Sump.....filled to the top with LR.
2 300W heaters
3" sand bed
Some macro alge in the sump...not much room 4 ot to grow
1700GPM pump
MTC Skimmer doubble air stone (5ft tall...overkill...but I purchased it for a good price)
strip light over sump
CPR 24" hang on the back refuge
3" refuge sand/mud
8 mangrove
Various macro's
Musscle....yeah a hitch hiker from one coral I bought
OK....here is my take...is it possible that my sump does not have enough water movement? Can I have to much LR in my sump. My problem is a unique one....all of my buds that had (key word) had reef tanks gave me their LR and goods when they decided to break down their tank. I have accumulated the better part of 200-300lbs of LR. Lets just say I have half of a 110 filled with LR and a 40Gal sump packed with LR.
What can I do to make my water more stable? Remove more rock in my sump....I would like to have more macro's growing in my sump...but the volume of rock prohibits this.
Any thoughts?????
