how to get rid of p04

Kevin Hayward · Jul 4, 2020

what is a good way to get rid of p04?

BarSnackz · Jul 4, 2020

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

ReeferWarrant · Jul 4, 2020

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 · Jul 4, 2020

i cannot because i cultivate pods so no lights

ReeferWarrant · Jul 4, 2020

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 · Jul 4, 2020

Lanthanum removes po4

Kevin Hayward · Jul 5, 2020

paul01609 said:
Lanthanum removes po4

never knew about this

Kevin Hayward · Jul 5, 2020

ReeferWarrant said:
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 · Jul 5, 2020

BarSnackz said:
Reduce feeding, water changes, GFO reactor, refugium with chaeto.

Everything he said plus chemipure blue in a reactor

paul01609 · Jul 5, 2020

I dose lanthanum chloride when mine gets high

Bnichols124 · Jul 5, 2020

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

MERKEY · Jul 5, 2020

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

kyleinpdx · Jul 5, 2020

Kevin Hayward said:
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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