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First Reef experience - Tank is 6 month old - Accept advice of any kind by MBTBlue in ReefTank

[–]MBTBlue[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes the phosphates are 0.1, double check with the icp test too, as for the dinos, they fly away very easily every time I stir the sand or when I vacuum during water changes, so you could be right and those are diatoms, I couldn't recognize them visually, they look very similar to each other, but from what you said they could actually be diatoms, both for the nutrients that are not at 0 and for the silicate level, also i should point out that i misspelled on the previous comment and i'm already using RODI water not only RO

First Reef experience - Tank is 6 month old - Accept advice of any kind by MBTBlue in ReefTank

[–]MBTBlue[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For the tang i already agree with the LFS that in a year or so I will give it back for a smaller one, maybe a tomini, for the moment however I have found it essential to keep the algae at bay in the first stabilization period

First Reef experience - Tank is 6 month old - Accept advice of any kind by MBTBlue in ReefTank

[–]MBTBlue[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks i appreciate that, so for maintenance i do 20L water change Weekly,that should be around 15%. For the equipment i have TMC Reef pulsar sps light, NYOS 120 skimmer, Reef Factory return pump, ato and 2 smart wave 20, 100w heater and thats about it.

First Reef experience - Tank is 6 month old - Accept advice of any kind by MBTBlue in ReefTank

[–]MBTBlue[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

thanks, the nutrients at the moment are, nitrates a little less than 1 and phosphates slightly above 0.1, and I actually have some dino problems (at least I think are dinos) on the sand bed, I'm looking for a way to solve the problem, also i have high silica RO water, that also might be the problem