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My po4 has reached .5 and I have been trying to lower it with phosphate e which has worked for the last several months. For some reason it does not appear to be lowering po4 this time.
Usually I would dose 1.5ml to lower it from 0.15 to ~0.1 for my 80g tank.
Right now I am dosing about 5ml diluted in RODI water and it is barely dropping 0.02 at a time.
I dose it directly into my skimmer intake and I am not noticing any extra foaming or barely any cloudiness.
Does Phosphate-E get old or expire? The last number on the expiration date is 27 so I would think it has a long ways to go.
The only other thing I can think of is my sand is leaching mass amounts as it is getting sucked out by the lanthinum chloride.
To add to this, I am not using GFO as my tank is prone to dinos and I rather stay away incase it causes and outbreak.
Thanks.
Usually I would dose 1.5ml to lower it from 0.15 to ~0.1 for my 80g tank.
Right now I am dosing about 5ml diluted in RODI water and it is barely dropping 0.02 at a time.
I dose it directly into my skimmer intake and I am not noticing any extra foaming or barely any cloudiness.
Does Phosphate-E get old or expire? The last number on the expiration date is 27 so I would think it has a long ways to go.
The only other thing I can think of is my sand is leaching mass amounts as it is getting sucked out by the lanthinum chloride.
To add to this, I am not using GFO as my tank is prone to dinos and I rather stay away incase it causes and outbreak.
Thanks.