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I’m a new reefer but I’d say that’s too high. The standard you read about is the whole .03 is goal but I’ve read that level can be just as dangerous as to high if your not paying close attention. If it dumps and zeros out that will throw a headache your way.Hi!
I keep LPS and soft corals and I have 0,7 ppm PO4.
Is it high?
How much PO4 is maximum for reef tank?
Thanks a lot!
How much? Now I have 15NO3 and 0,7PO4.Softies and LPS like 'dirtier' water. What are your nitrates like? Also, what are you testing with?
A keep LPS a lot.For softies I'd argue there is no such thing as high phosphate.
Can you show your photo?It's high, there is some disagreement as to how bad that actually is. I think as a general target for most people, less than that is better. I'd aim for less than 0.2 ppm or so.
That said, there are plenty of beautiful tanks over 1 ppm, and my tank's last testing was at 0.7 ppm and my LPS and SPS have been doing pretty well with the exception of one browned out SPS.
I would pick a phosphate management strategy (water changes, algae scrubbing, growing macroalgae, GFO, lanthanum chloride, etc.) and start implementing it, but being at that level shouldn't be that dramatically harmful to much.
Phosphate over 0.9
Nitrates 52
Phosphate over 0.9
Nitrates 52
That is my tank.Do you can teach me?
But I tend to look at a tank with overgrown algae and say, "you don't have an algae problem, you have a herbivore problem" meaning you don't have enough herbivores to keep algae down.
Should you strive for lower nutrients? Depends, if your tank is still new, then you want to monitor and maybe control, but as it matures and you have adequate herbivore population, then why fight it?
How I understand, high level of N and P in perfect marin aquarium is more exceptional rather than the rule?That is my tank.
I edited my post to add some insight.
What's the secret ingredient? Time
And how much NO3?I shoot for.05-.1
Nitrate 10-15.And how much NO3?
Common is .03 to .1 but many tanks are successful at higher levels I currently run gfo for 30 minutes a day and my levels stay around .3 have small bits of hair algae but mainly only where reef roids settle on the rock structure I think gha loves that stuff more then the corals do. Ultimately if your corals look happy with good polyp extensions you’re doing good. .7 is getting high and I would probably think about running gfo to lower level but keep in mind every tank is different and not all levels are going to be the same across the boardHi!
I keep LPS and soft corals and I have 0,7 ppm PO4.
Is it high?
How much PO4 is maximum for reef tank?
Thanks a lot!