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My phosphate has been terribly high for the past month hovering at around 50ppb or 0.153ppm. Testing is done using Hanna Phosphorus ULR checker.
I finally set-up a fuge in the sump of my RedSea Reefer 170 (43g total volume). Within 3 days of having a large fist size ball of chaeto tumbling in my sump with cheap amazon grow lights, my phosphate is now reading 30ppb or 0.092ppm.
Is this normal to drop phosphate that quickly by using just Chaeto?
Everything I've read and heard from people is that (i) chaeto takes some time to take off and do its thing, and (ii) its more efficient at reducing nitrates than phosphates. My nitrates were around 25 - 50ppm according to my Salifert kit, but definitely has been getting lighter so closer to 25 for sure.
My tank is fully stocked with:
- 6 fish (2 clowns, 2 wrasses, 1 cardinal, 1 blue gudgeon dartfish)
- Lots of LPS, some SPS
- 4 inch squamosa clam
- Good CUC (lots of variety of snails, 5 shrimp, sea cucumber)
I finally set-up a fuge in the sump of my RedSea Reefer 170 (43g total volume). Within 3 days of having a large fist size ball of chaeto tumbling in my sump with cheap amazon grow lights, my phosphate is now reading 30ppb or 0.092ppm.
Is this normal to drop phosphate that quickly by using just Chaeto?
Everything I've read and heard from people is that (i) chaeto takes some time to take off and do its thing, and (ii) its more efficient at reducing nitrates than phosphates. My nitrates were around 25 - 50ppm according to my Salifert kit, but definitely has been getting lighter so closer to 25 for sure.
My tank is fully stocked with:
- 6 fish (2 clowns, 2 wrasses, 1 cardinal, 1 blue gudgeon dartfish)
- Lots of LPS, some SPS
- 4 inch squamosa clam
- Good CUC (lots of variety of snails, 5 shrimp, sea cucumber)
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