Phosphate removing for nano tanks.

[Chicken_Biscuit]

I’m an intermediate reefer and I have my main display which is a 100 gallon tank sps dominant mixed reef and that tank blooms with healthy corals and full of fish and I have been successful in controlling nutrients and chemistry. Anyways I have a 13.5 gallon tank (fluval evo) I’ve been running for a year now and I’ve never tested it. I’ve always seen corals and fish doing great but I got curious and tested the nutrients, nitrates are 1.3 and my phosphates are .42. I have a refugium in the main chamber and a phosphate removing pad in the middle with carbon pad and ceramic balls for bacteria. I’ve tried a bag of GFO but had the same issue where water just doesn’t flow through it strong enough. Does anyone have a better suggestion? I have red coco worms, a clam, a crap ton of corals (lps dominant) and a large cleanup crew which includes spaghetti worms and feather dusters that have taken over some rocks. Thanks everyone.

 

[VintageReefer]

Bag of Phosguard

It’s easier to work with compared to gfo

 

[BristleWormHater]

Have you considered macroalgae? Chaeto could work, but there are also really amazing ornamental macros that serve the same purpose.

 

[NonstopSoda]

Phosguard is working great for my nano!

 

[Chicken_Biscuit]

Have you considered macroalgae? Chaeto could work, but there are also really amazing ornamental macros that serve the same purpose.

Grows like a packed brick in here. There’s chaeto in the bottom and red dragons breath and even more chaeto.

 

[Chicken_Biscuit]

Phosguard is working great for my nano!

I’ll give phosgaurd a shot.

 

[NonstopSoda]

Grows like a packed brick in here. There’s chaeto in the bottom and red dragons breath and even more chaeto.

ooo what brand is that LED bar?

 

[Spare time]

Grows like a packed brick in here. There’s chaeto in the bottom and red dragons breath and even more chaeto.

Looks like you need to harvest it.

 

[Dawagner3240]

Have your tried purigen?

Or chemipure blue in their little nano packs also work well.

 

[Chicken_Biscuit]

ooo what brand is that LED bar?

Just some cheap LED strip I got from petsmart. Sucks I have to press a button twice for full spectrum otherwise it just rotates through RGB colors but it works lol.