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| what do i do from here ??? |
IMHO, your letting your brain run ahead of your tank. You have everything under control except your
Nitrates. The tank has only been up 4 months, it's 30 gals, you have a fairly heavy bio-load for a new small tank and you want your coraline to grow faster. My advise is to
STOP and
enjoy what you have. You are trying to rush things, expecting faster results than Mother Nature can provide. Slow down, it will happen. I'd say your
only concern at this point is to get your
Nitrates down. Your 3" sand bed is barely adequate to provide the anarobic conditions needed to promote anarobic bacteria to establish a sufficient enough population to reduce your
Nitrates. Think about another inch of gravel. It's generally accepted that a 4" minimum depth of sand is needed for a
DSB to function properly. I generally go with 5" depth minimum, more in larger/deeper tanks.
Remember this:
The only thing that happens fast in a reef tank is disaster. Be patient, let the system mature.
Oh by the way, if you don't have any coraline growing stop adding the PurpleUp. It isn't coraline algae in a bottle and won't start the process.
And one more thing, what "other additives" are you adding?
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