It’s my favorite molecule, phosphate. In real life, the pharmaceutical company I worked for literally made billions of dollars selling a phosphate binder that I co-invented.
well what he says makes since but I would have never thought of that in a million years
Hi camkole, IMO if your tank is brand new just one month old, you probably shouldn’t be dosing anything. I am a little bit concern that it may not have been properly cycled and by dosing you could create more problems. My tank took almost 6 months to be properly cycled. Before that my nitrate and PO4 and my pH has been swinging ups and downs a lot. It would be very helpful to the low pH and the tank maturation in tbe long run to set up a refugium with macroalgaes and add a protein skimmer if you don’t already have one. And one more thing, go very slow with the addition of new corals and/ or any live stock at this early stage. That’s just my two cents worth. Happy reefing!
well thank you for taking the time to reply to me.
In my years of reefing I have found little difference in pH by agitating the water's surface further. Most reef tanks already have a ton of water movement from wavemakers, overflow weirs, drains, sump baffles and returns. The bottom line is our homes are packed with co2.
Sorry. Another newbie here with a question. But doesn't this depend on the CO2 concentration in the air surrounding the tank? I.e. if the concentration is already very high, won't I introduce more CO2 into the water by increasing agitation? (Bringing to balance?)
I think most people I know that have reef tanks do this in my area. Our weather is generally mild and our homes are smaller so it makes sense. I generally get 8.1-8.3 pH as opposed to around 7.9 by doing this. There are other ways such as scrubbers to increase pH but I agree in not trying to chase pH and I’d get a second opinion on the pH testing as well. I’d be more concerned about CO2 levels if your pH was that low.
