Start Over or Not

A 180 gallon

 

you need to stay on your course. you need to run phosphate remover as well as carbon.. get those nitrates and phosphates down to 0. then everthing good will follow. scrub algae off rocks with g-friends toothbrush. sucks up all that algae off the rocks and sand when doing next 50% water change. make sure you have enough current/flow inside tank. remove any dead snail/crab shells out of tank! add some macro algae in sump or Dt after.. (will help keep nitrate/phos numbers down) your bulbs arent old are they? what water temps do you get during the daytime?

if you follow our advice, you'll have a great stable tank within 1 month.

we need more pics, full tank shot, showing the whole situation.

 

good advice!

 

Okay I checked my tds I got 13ppm im pretty sure that is higher than what it should be. I also messed up I run phosphate media in reactor and carbon in filter chamber. The only thing with a 50 percent water change I wont be able to do that until may with tennis matches and golf matches. So can I keep on doing my 30 percent water change but maybe twice a week.

 

Yes that will help, and follow the advise we are offering as best you can with your busy schedule. Good luck in your sports

 

so I should stick it out, will my tank fully recover even with all the mistakes I made, also for the algae I am going to keep mhs off for 3 days is that good enough or should I go longer.

 

My water temperature ranges from 80 to 82 during the day time, too be honest I dont know what the best temperature is.

 

That's OK, the temp on the reefs that most of the corals come from are around 85.

 

That probably should be good, you could go a week in extreme cases.

 

I really hope I can get this tank straighten out so it can finally look like a reef tank.