phosphate control

Hi , Had an outbreak of Cyano / Dyano and it killed a few of my corals.Being a new reefer it was difficult for me but finally figured out. I am sharing this just in case its helpful for another new bee. 250G system (Display tank 1 - 150G, Display tank 2 - 50G - Sump - 36 and refugium - 29G)...

Hey all, just have a question regarding my Phospate levels. I installed a GFO about a month ago, when my phosphate levels read at .71, since then, I have brought the numbers down to .19-.22 but it seems that they have plateaued there. I am running a GFO, a biopellet reactor, protein skimmer...

So I come down to make coffee this morning and find this happening in my QT tank, PO at .5ish tested twice Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrates: 10 Ca: 415 Alk: 8.3 Mg: 1230 Gonna do a water change, probably head to the store today to grab some phosguard. Any other suggestions? Should I pull the...

Setting up to reduce my nitrates which are at 40 ppm and I want to get them down to around 10 ppm. I currently have mostly soft and LPS corals, but tried introducing some Monti's, which are extending but I dont believe they are doing well. Additionally, my Phosphate is high so my assumption is...

Turns out I won't be needing GFO on this tank, so I'm selling an almost full 4lb container of BRS bulk GFO (3lbs, 11 ounces). Asking $40 locally, or $55 shipped* * I'm 90% confident the original container will fit in the medium flat rate box, but if it doesn't, I'll have to repackage in a...

Hey!! So I have been doing my weekly water changes while I wait for all my new test kits to come. I have a non digital phosphate test kit and the reading for that test kit said my phosphate was extremely high. I have been using a phosphate and nitrate remover daily and as I don’t have many...

I was wondering does anyone know if it is ok to use chemi pure elite and Phosguard in filtration at same time? I didn't know for sure if for some odd reason mixing the two would have any kind of negative affect on my tank which i wouldn't think so saying its removing things out of my tank not...

Help me understand the BALANCING-ACT once you're infested with GHA On one hand, in order to minimize or eliminate GHA you have to STARVE the tank of Nitrates & Phosphates.... this leads to your corals STARVING.....where they just maintaining their size but NEVER grow. On the other hand, if you...

How to Lower Phosphates in a Reef Tank VIDEO: Mastering Nutrient Control

For sale is a Hanna ultra low range phosphate checker. It’s in good working order and comes with 2 glass viles with caps , the Hanna checker , and half of box of reagent.

Hello guys, Need some advice here. I have a 240 FOWLR with about 15 fishes in there. I have some brown algae growing on the tank not much but its annoying and I'm wondering what else should i do to eradicate it. I do vodka dosing and I'm at 8ml/day. I use 3 cups of phosban and replace it every 2...

I have 220 gallon main tank + 60g tank & 80g sump all connected for total of ~350g system, mostly fish. I have probably 30 fish between 2 tanks, small number of corals. I never had any nuisance algae problems until I added 4xT5's to my Orbit Pro Marine LEDs and GHA seemed to sprout like weeds...