just posted my resultsHow recently were your phosphates at an "acceptable" level? When did you test the water? (How long after feeding and/or stirring up the sand)
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just posted my resultsHow recently were your phosphates at an "acceptable" level? When did you test the water? (How long after feeding and/or stirring up the sand)
I just posted my recent results from yesterdayI’m curious as to what phosphate level you are trying to maintain.
Yes, those are what I was replying to.just posted my results
That was mid day, I only feed early morning and late at night. So the water wasn’t cloudy or anything…How recently were your phosphates at an "acceptable" level? When did you test the water? (How long after feeding and/or stirring up the sand)
And how long ago were your phosphates at a "good" level?That was mid day, I only feed early morning and late at night. So the water wasn’t cloudy or anything…
I was just looking for the size of your tank. It could be something as simple as a few 20% water changes and you would be good.That was mid day, I only feed early morning and late at night. So the water wasn’t cloudy or anything…
Oh sorry my tank is a 25 gallons and is a all in one tank so I don’t got a sump or anything or that sort. And I do 10 gallons water change every week with RODI water from my LFS, so I do the water changes to keep my nutrients up that my corals are using but my nitrates and phos went up because I did over feed when I got my new laffy taffy Goni and I wanted to see it eat and I would feed it reef roids every day for almost 5 days straight. After I saw what I have caused I did almost 90 percent water change and I added the small bag to keep those perimeters to what I had them before since it’s a small bag and not that much water flows through it. Because it’s not in a media reactor it’s just sitting in the back chambers of my AIO tank. And my last chamber where the water gets pushed out to the main tank has a crack on the back acrylic, that separate the main tank and the back chambers. So I know my filtration isn’t all that good so I though putting that small bag would help the filtration a bit more since I got a crack and water isn’t pushing through the bag like a media reactorI was just looking for the size of your tank. It could be something as simple as a few 20% water changes and you would be good.
What does “more than standard GFO” mean?+1 quality product; has more than standard gfo. Likely exhausted before 4mos but doesn’t leech either.
Oh sorry my tank is a 25 gallons and is a all in one tank so I don’t got a sump or anything or that sort. And I do 10 gallons water change every week with RODI water from my LFS, so I do the water changes to keep my nutrients up that my corals are using but my nitrates and phos went up because I did over feed when I got my new laffy taffy Goni and I wanted to see it eat and I would feed it reef roids every day for almost 5 days straight. After I saw what I have caused I did almost 90 percent water change and I added the small bag to keep those perimeters to what I had them before since it’s a small bag and not that much water flows through it. Because it’s not in a media reactor it’s just sitting in the back chambers of my AIO tank. And my last chamber where the water gets pushed out to the main tank has a crack on the back acrylic, that separate the main tank and the back chambers. So I know my filtration isn’t all that good so I though putting that small bag would help the filtration a bit more since I got a crack and water isn’t pushing through the bag like a media reactor
Yea but I wanted something that I don’t have to change much because I don’t have much money. I can do weekly water changes but every day will cost me more. I have to help out my parents in their bills so I wanted a low cost but efficientYou could certainly just do more water changes with that size tank and bring them down rather quickly without relying on outside treatment. It's not going to hurt to use what the LFS sold you but you would be just as good if you just kept up with 5 gallon water changes ever couple days until it come back down.
I get that but often the easy or cheaper way is not the best way in this hobby.Yea but I wanted something that I don’t have to change much because I don’t have much money. I can do weekly water changes but every day will cost me more. I have to help out my parents in their bills so I wanted a low cost but efficient
Mine doesn’t say marine…. Can It be that I got the WRONG ONE!! OMG don’t tell me thatWhat checker is that from Hanna?
My states Marine on it.
Also if you check after feeding you will get elevated value. Best to check before anything is added to the tank or late at night.
Looks to be the low range . The ULR (which is more popular and what I use) says marine on it the LR does not.What checker is that from Hanna?
My states Marine on it.
Also if you check after feeding you will get elevated value. Best to check before anything is added to the tank or late at night.
Well does gfo remove aluminum and other metals? Chemipure does- (as proven from my past icp tests) also I do know it has activated carbon… I’m not a spokesman for the company and I am out of it at the moment so I can’t read the container.What does “more than standard GFO” mean?
Actually GFO can remove aluminum and few other things from reef aquarium. That is why over reliance on GFO can be detrimental and one needs to observe the corals and fish.Well does gfo remove aluminum and other metals? Chemipure does- (as proven from my past icp tests) also I do know it has activated carbon… I’m not a spokesman for the company and I am out of it at the moment so I can’t read the container.
If I recall correctly the diff between the standard and elite version is gfo
The reason I asked is that Hanna has few and some are for fresh water. Hopefully correct one is used etc… I am not up to speed on all the Hanna tools.Looks to be the low range . The ULR (which is more popular and what I use) says marine on it the LR does not.
Your po4 isn’t terribly high in my opinion… is there something wrong with your tank? Are the corals showing any ill signs? I wouldn’t chase a number because everyone says it’s gotta be less than .1 blah blah… if your tank is happy I’d leave it and see what root cause is of the po4 and Eliminate that before adding chemicals or gfo. I used to be a huge fan of gfo but it’s caused more damage than anything once I took a step back and looked at my tank over all..