Hey all,
So I am pitching an idea that I haven't seen or I cannot seem to find it as a topic. I have a 100L tank, only a couple of damsels, one ocellaris, and one jerk pseduochromis. My alkalinity consumption is 1 dKH, I am carbon dosing on and off, at minimal amounts to keep a healthy bacteria population and keep Nitrates low. I have dinoflagellates blooms at less than 0.01 ppm phosphate.
My phosphates bottom out quickly in this system. I am due for a water change coming up soon. Could I add in SeaChem Flourish (PO4 additive, which has a handy calculator online) and add this to my water change to keep my phosphates at an acceptable level?
Picture attached shows I increased my phosphates by dosing Flourish, which got rid of my dinos. Days later, 0.01 ppm. Tested via Hanna Phosphorus ULR. The spike today shows a manual correction in phosphates when I added 1.0 mL of Flourish, which brought me up from 0.01 ppm to 0.07 ppm PO4.
So I am pitching an idea that I haven't seen or I cannot seem to find it as a topic. I have a 100L tank, only a couple of damsels, one ocellaris, and one jerk pseduochromis. My alkalinity consumption is 1 dKH, I am carbon dosing on and off, at minimal amounts to keep a healthy bacteria population and keep Nitrates low. I have dinoflagellates blooms at less than 0.01 ppm phosphate.
My phosphates bottom out quickly in this system. I am due for a water change coming up soon. Could I add in SeaChem Flourish (PO4 additive, which has a handy calculator online) and add this to my water change to keep my phosphates at an acceptable level?
Picture attached shows I increased my phosphates by dosing Flourish, which got rid of my dinos. Days later, 0.01 ppm. Tested via Hanna Phosphorus ULR. The spike today shows a manual correction in phosphates when I added 1.0 mL of Flourish, which brought me up from 0.01 ppm to 0.07 ppm PO4.