phosphate

Hi all, I know this topic was discussed many times and I learnt a lot from all of your posts. I have my phosphate that is always high, 2 ppm or more as my test kit max is 2 ppm. My tank is 6 months old. I used to slightly overfeed as my nitrate/nitrites were higher than normal threshold but...

Hey everyone I really need some advice lowering extremely high phosphates. Here’s a bit of a backstory (sorry for the long read) My new build is relatively new just a few months. It’s a 125 gallon AIO DIY system , the rock work was recycled from my old 75 gal but it was bleached and then...

My overall system is 340gal and pretty heavily stocked, however I consistently dose Brightwell's 5X Nitrate and Phosphate to keep those from bottoming out entirely. Is there an upside to notching up my Nitrate+Phosphate dosing slightly, and then dosing carbon at the same time? Are there...

Hello all! Tank is roughly 9 months old and my corals are starting to have issues. LFS told me that I would not need to do water changes… Found out that was certainly not the issue. Working on water changes now, it is there anything I should do to get phosphates and nitrates under control...

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Hello reefing community, My parameters are: Nitrates 8.5 Phosphates .01/.02 Alk 8 Mg 1450 Calcium 440 I have some few hair algae. My corals look like if they are starving. My question is. Should i get my phosphates higher?

Hi all, recently set up my new tank using caribsea life rock and broken up established live rock. I currently have a phosphate reading of 0.24ppm. Could phosphate be leaching from the life rock? I’ve added around 70g of rowaphos but it doesn’t seem to be lowering. Thanks!

My cat chewed up the pipettes that comes with the Red Sea Phosphate pro test kit. Any idea how many ml of reagents A (13 drops) and reagent B (4 drops) should I add? Thanks in advance. And here is the suspect.

Hi all I’ve been having problems with my phosphate the past few weeks in my Fluval evo and I can’t seem to lower them at all I’ve done 30% water changes I’ve been running rowaphos in a filter bag in with my filter basket and in beside my return pump it was at a steady 0.25 since I’ve set the...

Hi all, I have an Ultra Low hanna phosphate checker but bought the incorrect reagent. Instead of getting the ultra low reagent I got the low range reagent by mistake. Do you know if you can still get an accurate reading using the low range reagents on the ultra low checker? Thanks!

Hi Reef2Reef Community , I recently used a phosphate test using an API kit and noticed different color readings based on lighting angles. The test was performed only once, but the angle of the light varied, resulting in two different colors for the same sample. Which lighting angle typically...

As the title suggests, my phosphates seem to be out of control at 2.0 and I somehow have zero Nitrates. The tank was neglected for a couple years after my daughter was born and essentially went for 2 years with no water changes or detritus removal and very few times emptying the skimmate (it...

Hey All, I've got an 8 gallon AIO tank that has been running since August (started light stocking in October). Up until very recently, I've tested nitrates and phosphates at 0. Dry rock was used, plus I'd initially put some macroalgae in there so no big surprise there. I've been dosing...

Wassup reefers, I have been fighting against bryopsis algae, but I came across a question regarding the use of fluconazole together with phosphate remover. Could you tell me if there is any problem with this combination?

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I can’t help it. I’m a sucker for new and better. Anybody else out there starting up a tank with a Phos-Start? I have been using it for a couple weeks now on a 20 gallon nano. The tank had already been going for about two months when I started using P-S. Phosphates are starting to come up I...

Below is my chart of my parameters I have been documenting for the past month. I am struggling with nitrate levels. I am feeding twice a day with Brine/Mysis shrimp and doing lower percentage water changes. Also I believe I am having a Cyano outbreak right now? See video below. Should I be...

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I have come to the conclusion that I think my two year battle with what is either gha or turf algae is because of leaching phosphates from the rocks. When I started the tank I used brand new macro rock and I have heard that it can leach phosphates that lead to algae. I have no algae anywhere but...

Hi all, I'm currently struggling with some parameter issues. I've attached at the bottom what my levels are as of this past Saturday and a video of my tank. Right now I'm slowly trying to raise my salinity by topping off with 1.026. My pH has be stable at 8 for about two months. My nitrate...

Set up my first reef tank in November and added my first corals a couple of weeks ago and everything is doing amazing! Everything opened up within hours if not minutes and even a blasto which came in pretty rough shape is now thriving. But when I went to test phosphates and nitrates they were...

Hey all, Happy New Year! :star-struck: I'm really struggling with my tank and wondering if anyone has any advice as I keep seeing conflicting info online... My tank has been up for 5 months now, its a Reefer 250 with about 230L volume minus rocks.. I've got x6 Blue/Green Chromis, x2 Juvenile...

Hi everyone. I have a 30-gallon tank, with 6 fish, a few RFAs, and soft corals. My phosphates spiked this week, going from about 0.05 to 0.9 ppm on the Hanna checker! (They may have been higher, but that's as high as the checker goes.) A large water changed and some of the Brightwell...

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Hi all, I have a 40 gallon live rock only tank, have had it for about 4 months. I have 2 clowns, a midas blenny, and a fire shrimp. They all seem to be thriving, active and eating like champs. I’m hoping to add my first corals, I’m just a little concerned about my phosphate levels. My current...