I would like to know how everyone balances there po4 and keep it stable.
For the past week I’ve been dealing with 0 phosphates according to the Hanna phosphate checker. I turned gfo and carbon reactor off to see if po4 would rise. It didn’t. I then fed more over the last 3-4 days. Increasing feedings from 1-2 a day to 3-4 a day. Po4 was still at 0. I was told to turn skimmer off during the day and turn back on at night. I did that for 2 days plus added some flake food. Checked my po4 and it read 0.20 on the Hanna checker. Now I would like to keep my po4 at a respectable level. Definitely higher than 0 but lower than 0.05. Now one would think to turn gfo reactor back on. If I do that it will cause my po4 to go back to 0 and I’m at square one again. Name of the game is stability. Having po4 jump up and down, up and down is not stable.
Any tips or suggestions are highly welcomed.
For the past week I’ve been dealing with 0 phosphates according to the Hanna phosphate checker. I turned gfo and carbon reactor off to see if po4 would rise. It didn’t. I then fed more over the last 3-4 days. Increasing feedings from 1-2 a day to 3-4 a day. Po4 was still at 0. I was told to turn skimmer off during the day and turn back on at night. I did that for 2 days plus added some flake food. Checked my po4 and it read 0.20 on the Hanna checker. Now I would like to keep my po4 at a respectable level. Definitely higher than 0 but lower than 0.05. Now one would think to turn gfo reactor back on. If I do that it will cause my po4 to go back to 0 and I’m at square one again. Name of the game is stability. Having po4 jump up and down, up and down is not stable.
Any tips or suggestions are highly welcomed.