Hello, I've been having a few issues with corals recently, bailing polyps etc.
I sent off for an ICP test which has came back with the following results for Barium, Phosphorus and Phosphate.
Barium :
Phosphorus:
Phosphate:
What happens in the reef tank with these being so high? How have they got so high (I know how Phosphate gets high, but Barium and Phosphorus), and how to lower these levels?
I change 10% of the water weekly, only a few soft corals in the tank now and my salt mix is Fritz RPM at 35ppt. No dosing only a capful of phyto daily.
Everything else on the test is in the green, calcium being slightly high at 524
I sent off for an ICP test which has came back with the following results for Barium, Phosphorus and Phosphate.
Barium :
178 µg/l | 0 - 10 µg/l |
Phosphorus:
Phosphate:
103 µg/l | 6 - 23 µg/l |
0.31518 mg/l | 0.018 - 0.07 mg/l |
What happens in the reef tank with these being so high? How have they got so high (I know how Phosphate gets high, but Barium and Phosphorus), and how to lower these levels?
I change 10% of the water weekly, only a few soft corals in the tank now and my salt mix is Fritz RPM at 35ppt. No dosing only a capful of phyto daily.
Everything else on the test is in the green, calcium being slightly high at 524