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I only have a handful of Chaeto in the sump. There is plenty of room for more, do I need more?

April 26, 2017chaeto handful PLENTY room sump

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I only have a handful of Chaeto in the sump. There is plenty of room for more, do I need more?

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If my lighting is on the lower side in my sump will that cause part of the problem. I have a 72g BF with a 30g sump, about ten pounds of live rock rubble in the sump along with about 5 and a half inches of live sand and the Chaeto. In the main tank is about 80 to a 100 pounds of live rock, and a three inch live sand bed. I get a pretty decent skim on my skimmer. But I am still at about 20 PPM on nitrates!!! I keep alot of LPS (Frogspawn, Hammer, Galaxea, Pearl Bubble, Candy Cane, Blasto) Softies (Leathers, Kenya tree, GSP,) Zoos and Paly’s (various) RBTA, GBTA Livestock consist of Two mated Clowns, Three blue/green Reef Chromis, Yellow Tang, Yellow tailed Blue Tang, and a Skunk Cleaner Shrimp along with various snails. Sorry for the long message but I was sure somebody here would be able to give me some advice!