Be nice if they made a kit that actually gives an accurate reading. But as I said I do now believe there are phosphates in the tank even if the tests show other wise and since the corals look good, I will strive to keep them at 0
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If it works for you and your corals look good, it's a good thing.I'm sure if I didn't carbon dose I would have detectable levels. However my original question was is it a good or bad thing not to have any detectable phosphates. I like to carbon dose to control algae and then dose nitrates to control the exact amount my corals like.
To many variable. Doesn't matter if there is a kit that gives you an accurate reading.Be nice if they made a kit that actually gives an accurate reading. But as I said I do now believe there are phosphates in the tank even if the tests show other wise and since the corals look good, I will strive to keep them at 0
So are you saying the phosphates are the food? Or just that I need to feed the corals? Which I do every other night with various coral food.
Corals need po3
Lol po4PO4---. PO3 (phosphorus trioxide) would probably kill them, if you could ever bottle such a thing.
Use a total phosphourus hanna checker to check phosphates. Its reads organic and inorganic phosphate.
I believe flourish phosphate has other trace elements in it that could build over time.
Guranteed analysis... K2o .2%No, it does not. The Hanna checkers only detect inorganic phosphate regardless of what they call it (phosphorus vs phosphate, that's just a marketing thing to make the one seem even more able to detect low levels). Both checkers use the same chemical method, and it only detects inorganic phosphate.
Why do you think that?
The description doesn't mention anything else:
http://www.seachem.com/Products/product_pages/FlourishPhosphorus.html
Guranteed analysis... K2o .2%
There is a Youtube video discussing the virtues of the 'Phosphorus' checker where the presenter believes that it is better than the 'Phosphate' checker since it "gives a 'Total Phosphate' reading". With all the different organophosphate species possible, I was truly in awe of this little device's capabilities
0 phosphates is absolutely terrible and will 100% kill corals.
Phosphates are by far the most misunderstood parameter on here and are vital to coral health, especially your N/P ratio.
Bleaching is in fact not caused by light being too high, it's a reaction to light sensitivity from phosphates deficiency either from levels being too low or you N/P being a lot higher than 20x.
Phosphate deficiency promotes coral bleaching and is reflected by the ultrastructure of symbiotic dinoflagellates
Enrichment of reef environments with dissolved inorganic nutrients is considered a major threat to the survival of corals living in symbiosis with dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium sp.). We argue, however, that the direct negative effects on the symbiosis ...www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov