My 20 gallon aquarium is well established, its been running for close to 2 years with things that have been changed from time to time, i want to figure out how to get all my stats in order without getting a larger system right now.
I have 3 fish, a couple of LTA's, shrooms, green star polyps, 20lbs LR, 3-4in sand bed. Coralife PC, two hang on filters. Cant keep nitrates down for very long, want to get ph from 8.1 up to 8.3- i havent been able to keep xenia (they shrivel and die in about 24hours) Im thinking of making a refug-sump with alot of macro below in another 20gal and setup a cheap MH lighting rig to see what i think of MH----I will get a bigger setup but for now can someone tell me what they think to get the 0-0-0-0's on my current setup. Ive also thought of making a denitrator that ive seen in DIY stuff with the coiled tubing inside a PVC w/bioballs at slow return drip rate to try solving this problem....need some ideas please
I have 3 fish, a couple of LTA's, shrooms, green star polyps, 20lbs LR, 3-4in sand bed. Coralife PC, two hang on filters. Cant keep nitrates down for very long, want to get ph from 8.1 up to 8.3- i havent been able to keep xenia (they shrivel and die in about 24hours) Im thinking of making a refug-sump with alot of macro below in another 20gal and setup a cheap MH lighting rig to see what i think of MH----I will get a bigger setup but for now can someone tell me what they think to get the 0-0-0-0's on my current setup. Ive also thought of making a denitrator that ive seen in DIY stuff with the coiled tubing inside a PVC w/bioballs at slow return drip rate to try solving this problem....need some ideas please
