phospates

A quick rundown of tank and other maintenance info: I have a 32.5 gallon fluval flex, stock is 2 clownfish, starry blenny, purple firefish, yellow watchman goby, orange spotted goby, and a royal gramma. Also have a handful of snails and hermits. I have a handful of corals as well that are all...

I got this frogspawn a few weeks ago at the reefapalooza along with some hammers. Both hammers are doing fine minus the frogspawn. All my parameters are in check besides my nitrates and phosphates that have since been corrected and monitored. Wanted to see the community's opinion to see if this...

My tank is currently fallow due to an ich outbreak a month ago. I did a test for phosphate on Hanna checker and it reads .18 . Nitrate reads .25 I feed AB+ about 2-3 a week for my corals. Reef roids once a week My TDS meter reads 0 for my RODI My protein skimmer is more than my recommended...

So...I've never been able to detect phosphates in my tank, it's been a little more than 3 months now. I am currently at 2 nitrates, was 5 last week. I am starting to see small cell amphidinium Dino's starting to spread. Should I increase feeding? Or let it be? Or any other suggestions would be...

Okay everyone I have run into an interesting and difficult predicament that I think I need more information on. So I have two tanks. Let's call them Tank 1 and Tank 2. Both tanks have been running for one year, both tanks have their own filtration systems with exactly the same equipment, and...

Hello Reefers: My tank is a year old. It is a 125 gallon with 29 gallon sump. I have about 100 pounds of live rock that have been in there since the beginning and a 2 inch sand bed since the beginning. Here are the parameters Temp 78 Salt 35 PPT nitrites 0 Nitrates 0 Ammonia 0 Alk 12...

Hello, just wanted to share a helpful tip I learned about dosing lanthanum chloride into the skimmer cup. If you don’t care to read the rest of the post here is what I have learned: Do not dose/drip into the top of the cup. Installing extra tubing to dose further down in the skimmer body is...

So I just received my new reefbot. I am surprised to report that it cannot test 8 different things as one setup. I am able to test Alk. Calcium. Mag. And phosphates. So even though there are 8 vials in the machine some test kits require multiple reagents for a single test. I guess I will need...

As title states I have an imbalance, I’ve been dosing 3/4 vinegar and 1/4 vodka for about a year an a half with great success other than having a small imbalance. I’ve been going fallow for over a month now and after adjusting my dosing I’ve leveled out at 0 no3 and .o2-.03 po4. What is the best...

Hello guys, I have a 55 gallons salt tank.. I moved it and made the mistake of using the same sand bed.. ever since then I’ve had phosphate issues.. I’m in the process of buying a new tank. I’m getting a 90 gallon and moving everything from my 55 gallon into it.. gonna buy new sand and...

My tank cycled up fairly quickly with respect to ammonia management - about 2 weeks. I cycled with established LR that I got from a fellow hobbyist -- that LR was also established with some Green and Brown HA. (40b with 20L sump; no fish, CuC only, set-up in Mid Sept 2017) My nitrates climbed...

Does anyone know the shelf life on test kits? I did a test yesterday with an API and it turned blue as soon as I added the second reagent. I measured about a 2.0. I checked again tonight and the same result. I pulled out my Hanna checker and received a 0.00. I’d love to go with the Hanna...

Folks were so helpful on my post about cleaning my 6g nano and I wanted your thoughts. What do you think would happen if I removed the sponge and the ceramic bioballs from my filter and just ran chemipure-elite? I have the Fluval edge, about nine months old, and have always run the filter as...