Hi guys I tried searching so forgive me for another phosphate question.
at what point do I need to worry about trying to reduce phosphate? My current parameters are as follows
nitrate- 19 ppm
Phosphate- .35 ppm
Salinity- 1.025
Ph -8
Alk-8.3 dkh
Cal- 420 ppm
Mag- 1500 ppm
the tank is an 65.4 AIO about 1 yr and 3 months running, mixed reef. 15 fish I feed probably too heavy. Tunze 9004 skimmer
So this past week I started giving 2 sheets of nori a day to the tank instead of 1 like I have done for months. The reason is that my foxface I believe has decided to wipe out a few different types of zoas. He has been in the tank for nearly a year and has never bothered anything till now. To hopefully prevent him from going to expensive zoas or worse yet torches or something I started feeding nori before I leave for work. This seems to have curbed the problem but now my phosphates have risen from an average of .15, up to .3+.
am I headed for trouble?
at what point do I need to worry about trying to reduce phosphate? My current parameters are as follows
nitrate- 19 ppm
Phosphate- .35 ppm
Salinity- 1.025
Ph -8
Alk-8.3 dkh
Cal- 420 ppm
Mag- 1500 ppm
the tank is an 65.4 AIO about 1 yr and 3 months running, mixed reef. 15 fish I feed probably too heavy. Tunze 9004 skimmer
So this past week I started giving 2 sheets of nori a day to the tank instead of 1 like I have done for months. The reason is that my foxface I believe has decided to wipe out a few different types of zoas. He has been in the tank for nearly a year and has never bothered anything till now. To hopefully prevent him from going to expensive zoas or worse yet torches or something I started feeding nori before I leave for work. This seems to have curbed the problem but now my phosphates have risen from an average of .15, up to .3+.
am I headed for trouble?