bri74
Reefing newb
Hey guys I have been testing my water religiously since startup a year ago. every thing has always been great up untill a couple weeks ago all params are good Nitrite is 0 ammonia is 0 ph is 8.4 i do use a buffer on this rarely. however the nitrates have climbed steady from 0 up to around 80 to 100 in the last two weeks. I have been doing 5 gal water changes every 2 days but no luck what so ever. I have not changed anthing at all except the LR layout but it had been climbing before that anyways. I guess the question is where exactly does the nitrates come from I just dont see anything Ive done to make this level rise. I use RO water. The lion,black long spine,LTA, sea goblin and copperband is still in there. its a 55 gal with approx. 100 LBS LR and 60 LBS LS. Im starting to get worried here and to top it all off I gotta go back to work for 2 weeks on thursday and dont want to leave someone else with the headache