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So good only 10ppm...

tomorrow u can go and cheong the shipment...

I'm running a FR in my sump with Aquamedic Phosphate remover and also a cannister with carbon and Aquamedic Phosphate remover. But I guess the amount of phosphates in my tank could be more than what they can remove within a short period of time.

Not really lah, just that hair algae is growing quite fast in my tank. Also my tank walls get covered with algae 2-3 days after cleaning. Tropic marin po4 test indicates some phosphates in my tank but the colour I get does not match any colour on their chart... Just went C328 and bought a bottle of AZOO PO4 remover. Dumped 50ml into my tank and now super cloudy... Now that I can maintain my nitrates below 10ppm for the time being, I guess it's time for me to try to maintain my PO4 at a low level.

Nice light hanger...

You very good lah...Can maintain changing water every 2-3 days... Now I need to find a way to bring down my phosphates fast...

U still on the hunt for red red corals huh???

Nope, won't be going for SPS... Ultimate aim is to see how I can maintain low nitrates and phosphates level and thus reduce the frequency of water changes. Used to change 50% of water every 2 weeks, now changing 25% every month. If can maintain nitrates at <10ppm consistently even with heavy feedings, then I may change 50% water every 2 months. Target for me is to maintain nitrates between 5-10ppm which I believe is the ideal for LPS and softies. For me the problem is that I use NSW for water changes and whenever I do that, my water parameters change quite a bit. NSW from Iwarna has ard 350ppm of calcium, 1100ppm of magnesium, salinity of 1.02.

workable...

I'm not about to go to the extremes on the NO3 removal... What I'm trying to find out now is just how much nitrates can be removed if I use Bio Clean only, AZ NO3 only and a combination of both. From my experience so far, without using any of these, my nitrates will go from <10ppm to 50-100 ppm within 2 weeks. Using AZ No3, I can usually maintain my nitrates between 10-25ppm when i flood or target feed my tank the previous night or <10ppm if I do not feed my corals. Using combination of bio clean and AZ NO3, I can see that my skimmer basically skims out a lot more than normal and with feeding, my nitrates still maintain at <10ppm. Last night, I dosed AZ NO3 and this morning I measured the nitrates and the colour of the test regent is on the left. I then dosed AZ NO3 again and 4 hours later I tested for nitrates again. The colour of the 2nd test regent is on the right. From this test, it is obvious that AZ NO3 is effective in removing nitrates from the system. Nitrates has not reached 0ppm yet as 0ppm is very light yellow.

Yup, that is what I think. Anyway, measured my nitrates this morning, reading is less than 10ppm. Dosed AZ NO3 again and tank is much less cloudy than yesterday. Maybe because I didn't feed last night, not so much nitrates left in the tank for AZ NO3 to remove? Anyway, will do a test again after tank clears and also compare the colour of the two tests. If my understanding is correct, my nitrate reading should drop further and the colour of the second test should be lighter than the first one. May need to get a test kit that can measure low level nitrates.

I also dun know how u can install it unless you use a hanging kit.

Between AZ NO3 and bio clean? Shouldn't be because AZ NO3 only reacts with the nitrate molecules and binds them. The skimmer will then skim away the nitrates. Bio Clean is just trace elements and bacteria strains so my guess is that the waste matter in my tank has been converted to nitrates and when I use AZ NO3, it binds the nitrate molecules, thus resulting in my tank becoming super cloudy and my skimmer skims away all the nitrates and this results in the huge amount of skim mate in the collection cup.

I'm basically testing the nitrates daily now... Before using bio clean and using AZ No3 only, normally tank will turn only slightly cloudy when AZ NO3 is dosed and nitrates is ard 10-25ppm. Right now, after dosing AZ No3, tank turns cloudy for ard 4 hours. After tank clears and when i measure the nitrates, nitrates is ard 10ppm. The test solution colour also changed from light orange to dark yellow now. Anyway, tonight I dosed AZ No3 so tomorrow morning will test nitrates again. No feeding tonight so will see what the nitrate level is in the morning and afternoon after I dose AZ No3 again.

Seems like you don't need biodigest at all...

About 1 week lor. Think I dosed reef booster last wed and bio clean last thurs. But now when i add AZ NO3 to my tank, whole tank still turns cloudy for 4 hours. Will monitor for the next couple of days to see what happens when I dose AZ NO3 and also whether my skimmer will continue skimming so much shit from my tank.

But I think Bioclean needs a pretty long time to build up the bacteria count to be effective in removing nitrates. AZ NO3 removes nitrates immediately but right now, it seems that bioclean has converted a lot of the waste products in my tank to nitrates...

Changed ard 100L of water today and dosed another vial of biodigest and bioptm. I think next time I dose reef booster better dose it at night...

Hope it's not zoapox lah...but if it is, you can always pass 1 sachet of furan 2 to him...

Faster test lah...then can start using liao... Now I'm wondering if using AZ NO3 with Bio Clean is really a good way to reduce nitrates...

Actually no leh...Bioptm is every 15 days for up to 1,000L, Biodigest can be used weekly for up to 1,000L if nitrates are high.

SO u started using yet???

Ur eyes so sharp huh??? Can see the white dots on the zoas...

My skim mate after running my skimmer for 24 hours... The amount of skim mate has increased tremendously since I started using reef booster and bio clean. And right now, using AZ NO3, my tank will turn cloudy for ard 4 hrs before clearing.

But the whole point of getting this coral is to see it move around on your sand bed... If the worm dies, then no point to get this coral since it will become a sitting Dendro instead of a walking Dendro...