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No- suggesting he check all sources to assure they are not contributors especially if false readings. Im telling him to verify while you are suggesting not to worry about it.Anything above 0.03ppm PO4 is not going to be limiting to phytoplankton. Are you implying OP should keep his phosphates below 0.03ppm?
Phosphates of 0.10ppm will grow algae just as well as phosphates at 1.00ppm. A surplus is a surplus, and having more won’t make anything grow faster if there’s something else that’s limiting (space, trace elements, herbivores etc).
I highly doubt phosphates are the issue.