So recently there have been some strange events going on in my tank, parameters wise.
I try to test weekly on Sundays. This last Sunday my PO4 was about .03 and NO3 was about 7-8. I try to keep my NO3 around 5 but wasn't overly concerned about a reading of 8. I was feeding 5 times a day. 4 times through the auto feeder with pellets and once a day with a chunk of Rods. I soak the Rods in Selcon and add 2 drops of garlic. Every 2-3 days I feed my Marine Betta 1-2 live ghost shrimp.
I have my litermeter doing auto water changes at 1.5 gallons per day. This is a continuous water change that switches out old water for new every 5 minutes throughout the day. I also siphon my substrate about every 2 weeks and would say around 20 gallons are changed doing this.
Since Sunday I have reduced my feeding from 5 times a day to 3 (2 times pellets and 1 time Rods) to help lower my nitrates. Well yesterday on my way home I get a text message alert from my Neptune that my sump float switch was tripped. This happens when my water level gets to low. Well I get home and my skimmer cup is overflowing with clear water which caused the float valve to trip. I skim really dry, I would say less than a gallon a week.
I then ran some tests. NO3 reading almost 30!! PO4 .12. Thats a huge jump in 4 days. So in a panic I called our local guru Wicked Demon and he thought maybe coral spawning caused the skimmer freakout.
Everything in my tank that I can tell is alive and counted for. Maybe a dead snail somewhere....that happens occasionally. Nothing seems to be bothered. Fish are acting normal, good PE on corals. Just wondering what might have caused this recent craziness.
thoughts?
I try to test weekly on Sundays. This last Sunday my PO4 was about .03 and NO3 was about 7-8. I try to keep my NO3 around 5 but wasn't overly concerned about a reading of 8. I was feeding 5 times a day. 4 times through the auto feeder with pellets and once a day with a chunk of Rods. I soak the Rods in Selcon and add 2 drops of garlic. Every 2-3 days I feed my Marine Betta 1-2 live ghost shrimp.
I have my litermeter doing auto water changes at 1.5 gallons per day. This is a continuous water change that switches out old water for new every 5 minutes throughout the day. I also siphon my substrate about every 2 weeks and would say around 20 gallons are changed doing this.
Since Sunday I have reduced my feeding from 5 times a day to 3 (2 times pellets and 1 time Rods) to help lower my nitrates. Well yesterday on my way home I get a text message alert from my Neptune that my sump float switch was tripped. This happens when my water level gets to low. Well I get home and my skimmer cup is overflowing with clear water which caused the float valve to trip. I skim really dry, I would say less than a gallon a week.
I then ran some tests. NO3 reading almost 30!! PO4 .12. Thats a huge jump in 4 days. So in a panic I called our local guru Wicked Demon and he thought maybe coral spawning caused the skimmer freakout.
Everything in my tank that I can tell is alive and counted for. Maybe a dead snail somewhere....that happens occasionally. Nothing seems to be bothered. Fish are acting normal, good PE on corals. Just wondering what might have caused this recent craziness.
thoughts?
