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Acceptable Nitrate Level For Lps???


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LPS as a whole covers a huge range of corals and although some are sensitive to water conditions, most are tolerant of higher nutrients. Why? because most of them are found in lagoon areas where the nutrient levels are much higher than open reefs (which are nutrient poor). 10ppm and below would be a guideline for keeping acros (of course the optimum would be zero). It seems acros don't do well in anything higher.

For LPS- you can stick to a limit of 20ppm NO3 (the average level given for all LPS/Softie corals). They can live in much higher levels ...many of them can tolerate up to 50ppm or 70ppm NO3(i think many ppl can relate to this). This is if you provide enough light and foods for them. Stick to below 20ppm to be safe.

Corals like bubbles,open brains,closed brains,lobe brains,gonioporas,alveoporas and maybe hammers will thrive if they get enough LIGHT & FOOD.

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Not to mention that their colours would usually be a lot duller... as the zooxanthellae algae would be uptaking nitrates as a form of fertilizer and no longer producing bright colours as what usually happens when they rely on light to produce food.

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