phosphates

Hey folks I've been reefing a long time but i would like to take my tank to the next level so to speak. As the name of this thread suggests, im having an issue keeping my phosphates in check they go up and down and no matter what I try im having an issue keeping them stable im not going for a...

I'm at 0 for both so I add Nitrate and phospahte but I don't want to go over the recommend dose, I use Tropic Marin PLUS-NP. so should I dim down the light of my refugeium or cut down the hours or both? I have the AI huge light currently running at 60% for 14 hours. Also for filtration I also...

My nitrates never go over 5, but my phosphate is around 0.26. I'm having a lot of issues with algae growing around the tank, despite having a Refugium and Chaeto. The chaeto itself looks fine, but is not growing. Perhaps that's because of all the algae that is in the tank itself. I do...

Hey, just got my first ATI test results back. I have had some SPS dying back over time that were previous encrusting and thriving. I'm concerned about some of the pollutants in the tank that showed up on the test and have taken steps to fix those issues, but I am wondering if low phosphates can...

I often wonder how wild reefs are able to grow and thrive with such low levels of dissolved nutrients - namely nitrates and phosphates. I have an SPS/Acropora dominant tank and I maintain KNO3 solution on a dosing pump just to keep the corals alive - I try to maintain nitrates up to 5ppm...

Hello, I tested my water parameters and the test said my phosphate is 2.0, is this bad? My protien skimmer was off and now it is back on, will my protien skimmer pull the phosphates out of the reef tank?

How to Lower Phosphates in a Reef Tank VIDEO: Mastering Nutrient Control

Okay so I have a 215 gallon reef, trying to get nutrient levels into low, readable ranges. I have increased my bio load, feeding heavily (frozen), I can get my phosphates to increase, but can't get anything to read when I test nitrate. My phosphate got even higher than I wanted, up to .94, back...

Hi I was wondering if anyone has any experience with Phosphate E. On the instructions it says that: "Particulate material not removed by filtration will remain inert and the bound phosphate non-reactive indefinitely under normal aquarium conditions." Does this mean that it will still show up...

so I’m semi new to reefing and was told after testing my water that my phosphates are little too high so my readings are about 1.5 people say to lower to about .25-.5 and was recommended using the product by sea chem called phosgard I’ve ran it for a few days now and hasn’t lowered them at all...

Hey everyone, I know this is a noobish question, but an answer would help heaps. Regarding my 240L Aquarium with a top filter (spray bar), running activated carbon (now expired), heater, 2 Aquael pumps each 2500L/hr. The tank is about 6 weeks old, has about 21kg of live rock, two Ocellaris...

I have always run GFO and had very good success with it. Recently I have been running a very large triton style refugium with the Kessil refugium light. I have 0 detectable nitrates or phosphates with this, and I recently stopped changing my GFO. I still have 0 detectable phosphates with a...

Hi Randy, and other Reef2Reefers. I have a problem that probably most reefers dream about having. I seem to have really low No3 and Po4 levels that I struggle to keep from bottoming out. I dose NoPox in a moderately stocked mixed reef 350 Reefer, at the level of 1.8ml daily, and maintain No3...

Who here washes or rinses their food before feeding to eliminate excess nutrients? Has anyone seen any perceived positives or negatives? Curious. Thanks.

So I currently have a 100 gallon mixed reef aquarium, and I am having a big problem keeping phosphates and nitrates down. I am currently running 1 bag of phosguard with 3 bags of fluval phosphate remover and still can not get the levels down even with water changes. Before 25 gallon water...

I setup a new refugium a couple months ago. New, store bought substrate. Heavily rinsed. Used Tupperware to protect glass from mangrove roots. Added power head to increase flow because I noticed chaeto was dying. Chaeto nearly gone now. Today: green hair algae over growing dragon's...

Hi all, I have phosphorus levels of 35 ppb (0.1 ppm phosphate) in freshly mixed saltwater, measured with Hanna Phosphorus ULR Checker. Help me out. RODI filter: Aquatic Life RO Buddie Four Stage Reverse Osmosis System I've been using it for three months and just tested it. Phosphorus came out...