Hello all,
My chaeto has been growing awesomely, it’s thick and curly, dark green, and smells tasty. When I trim it back to a small tennis ball size, within 2 weeks it’s on its way to filling the refugium. So it’s safe to say it’s going well, coupled with my weekly 10% WCs it’s getting the iron it needs too.
my phosphate has been slowly increasing though for a few weeks, it was at 0.03ppm, then 0.05ppm then 0.07ppm and now 0.10ppm today.
I thought that the chaeto became limited when it’s filled all the space and growing dense. Is this true? Have my phosphates been climbing because I’ve let the chaeto grow too much?
Logic tells me more chaeto mass means there’s more chaeto to grow into more chaeto! So my phosphate shouldn’t be increasing.
I’ve just harvested 1/3 of the mass and teased it apart so it’s not so dense and I’ll continue to monitor.
I monitor my import and export closely. In the past week I’ve added 63g of phosgard and halved my daily feeding but phosphate continued to rise.
I tested my RO reservoir and this measured 0.01ppm I’m not too concerned as my Hanna checker resolution is 0.01ppm. So it could be at 0ppm, or 0.02ppm.
Interested to hear your thoughts
Edit: I should add my refugium is my sole method of export. I change my filter floss every 3-5 days and use a Tunze pink light 12hrs a night to light the chaeto.
My chaeto has been growing awesomely, it’s thick and curly, dark green, and smells tasty. When I trim it back to a small tennis ball size, within 2 weeks it’s on its way to filling the refugium. So it’s safe to say it’s going well, coupled with my weekly 10% WCs it’s getting the iron it needs too.
my phosphate has been slowly increasing though for a few weeks, it was at 0.03ppm, then 0.05ppm then 0.07ppm and now 0.10ppm today.
I thought that the chaeto became limited when it’s filled all the space and growing dense. Is this true? Have my phosphates been climbing because I’ve let the chaeto grow too much?
Logic tells me more chaeto mass means there’s more chaeto to grow into more chaeto! So my phosphate shouldn’t be increasing.
I’ve just harvested 1/3 of the mass and teased it apart so it’s not so dense and I’ll continue to monitor.
I monitor my import and export closely. In the past week I’ve added 63g of phosgard and halved my daily feeding but phosphate continued to rise.
I tested my RO reservoir and this measured 0.01ppm I’m not too concerned as my Hanna checker resolution is 0.01ppm. So it could be at 0ppm, or 0.02ppm.
Interested to hear your thoughts
Edit: I should add my refugium is my sole method of export. I change my filter floss every 3-5 days and use a Tunze pink light 12hrs a night to light the chaeto.