how to get rid of p04

[Kevin Hayward]

what is a good way to get rid of p04?

 

[BarSnackz]

Reduce feeding, water changes, GFO reactor, refugium with chaeto.

 

[ReeferWarrant]

Phosban as well, I think the best is a refugium with chaeto in all honesty. It not only helps with Phosphates but also assists with Nitrates, and pH levels.

 

[Kevin Hayward]

i cannot because i cultivate pods so no lights

 

[ReeferWarrant]

Possibly do a chaeto reactor away from the sump? I've always heard pros of having chaeto with pods so I'm interested in why not as a cultivator? Ease of collection?

 

[paul01609]

Lanthanum removes po4

 

[Kevin Hayward]

Lanthanum removes po4

never knew about this

 

[Kevin Hayward]

Possibly do a chaeto reactor away from the sump? I've always heard pros of having chaeto with pods so I'm interested in why not as a cultivator? Ease of collection?

tat is because i don't want anything else at the moment

 

[ReefHomieJon]

Reduce feeding, water changes, GFO reactor, refugium with chaeto.

Everything he said plus chemipure blue in a reactor

 

[paul01609]

I dose lanthanum chloride when mine gets high

 

[Bnichols124]

Cheato in a fuge, algea scrubber, cheato reactor. Way better because its natural then phosgard, gfo, Linthicum chloride.

 

[MERKEY]

How high are your numbers? Are you looking for a large drop or just to maintain?

 

[kyleinpdx]

i cannot because i cultivate pods so no lights

Are you saying you can’t run a fuge light because of the copepods? Why would that matter? I have never seen that as a problem, nor read that in any literature. We do know that many species of copepod will avoid well lit areas when not actively feeding but I would assume that having 100% darkness 24/7 would be counter productive.

Granted I haven’t done any specific research on this exact topic, I could always be wrong...

The significant differences in the light responses between hungry and fed animals indicate that light is a signal of food availability for these species. As it was shown earlier, hungry animals increase their positive reaction to light, which agrees with data on hungry and non-hungry Daphnia behavior (Stutzman, 2000). The hungry animals tend to respond strongly to light than more fed

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[MarSch]

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