I made the decision to switch from Salinity back to Instant Ocean salt. I buffered the new water to raise the calcium and magnesium to match the levels I'm trying to maintain. The alkalinity is higher than I want so I adjusted the setting on my dosing pump to compensate for the difference. It should be pretty easy to stabilize all the levels in a relatively short time. I also cleaned out the algae reactor for the first time a couple days ago. It was packed with Chaeto and doing a great job keeping nitrates and phosphates stable in the range I wanted. I did see a small jump in phosphates afterward so we'll see if they come back down once the Chaeto starts growing again. I'm really pleased though with the performance of the reactor and the overall results.

2017-08-27T16:49Z[GMT]