Is 0.1 phosphate too much?
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Perthegallon
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Id say no saltwater aquarium suggest less then 0.2 and keeping it around .012
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so there are many ways to lower it but I would keep it exactly like you have it but you can use
-carbon
-less feedings
-water change
-a liquid po4 remover (this is what I do to keep it stable)
-run a skimmer if you don't have it
-use filter socks
-get corals
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What type of corals? I have softies and a hammer coral that were growing with phosphate levels at 1ppm....not that I'm advocating that. My nitrates were around 30 ppm at the time as well. Interesting thing was when I dropped my levels over several months my hammer didn't like the change.
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It's fine. Here's 4 videos I reccomend new aquarists watch: For what it's worth research done by SOuthmpton Univeristy identifed a minimum threshold level of .03 mg/l. In case you're interested there's a list of papers on corals and phosphates if you want to familiarize yourself with it.
Forest Rohwer "Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas"
Changing Seas - Mysterious Microbes
Nitrogen cycling in hte coral holobiont
Richard Ross What's up with phosphate"
www.cambridge.org
An Experimental Mesocosm for Longterm Studies of Reef Corals
Phosphate Deficiency:
Nutrient enrichment can increase the susceptibility of reef corals to bleaching:
www.nature.com
Ultrastructural Biomarkers in Symbiotic Algae Reflect the Availability of Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients and Particulate Food to the Reef Coral Holobiont:
www.frontiersin.org
Phosphate deficiency promotes coral bleaching and is reflected by the ultrastructure of symbiotic dinoflagellates
www.sciencedirect.com
Effects of phosphate on growth and skeletal density in the scleractinian coral Acropora muricata: A controlled experimental approach
www.sciencedirect.com
High phosphate uptake requirements of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata
jeb.biologists.org
Phosphorus metabolism of reef organisms with algal symbionts
Sponge symbionts and the marine P cycle
www.pnas.org
Phosphorus sequestration in the form of polyphosphate by microbial symbionts in marine sponges
www.pnas.org
Here's fig 4 from the paper on Phosphorus meatbolism;
Forest Rohwer "Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas"
Changing Seas - Mysterious Microbes
Nitrogen cycling in hte coral holobiont
Richard Ross What's up with phosphate"
An experimental mesocosm for long-term studies of reef corals | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom | Cambridge Core
An experimental mesocosm for long-term studies of reef corals - Volume 92 Issue 4
Phosphate Deficiency:
Nutrient enrichment can increase the susceptibility of reef corals to bleaching:
Nutrient enrichment can increase the susceptibility of reef corals to bleaching - Nature Climate Change
Increased dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) concentrations in sea water have been linked to a reduction of the temperature threshold at which corals bleach, however, the mechanism underlying this change is not known. This phenomenon is now explained in terms of increased phosphatase activities...
www.nature.com
Ultrastructural Biomarkers in Symbiotic Algae Reflect the Availability of Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients and Particulate Food to the Reef Coral Holobiont:
Ultrastructural Biomarkers in Symbiotic Algae Reflect the Availability of Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients and Particulate Food to the Reef Coral Holobiont
Reef building corals associated with symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) can access environmental nutrients from different sources, most significantly via the uptake of dissolved inorganic nutrients by the algal symbiont and heterotrophic feeding of the coral host. Climate change is expected to...
Phosphate deficiency promotes coral bleaching and is reflected by the ultrastructure of symbiotic dinoflagellates
Phosphate deficiency promotes coral bleaching and is reflected by the ultrastructure of symbiotic dinoflagellates
Enrichment of reef environments with dissolved inorganic nutrients is considered a major threat to the survival of corals living in symbiosis with din…
Effects of phosphate on growth and skeletal density in the scleractinian coral Acropora muricata: A controlled experimental approach
Effects of phosphate on growth and skeletal density in the scleractinian coral Acropora muricata: A controlled experimental approach
Phosphate contamination can negatively affect corals, modifying growth rates, skeletal density, reproduction, mortality, and zooxanthellae. We determi…
High phosphate uptake requirements of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata
High phosphate uptake requirements of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata
SUMMARYSeveral untested aspects of the regulation of inorganic nutrient uptake were examined using nutrient depletion experiments with the symbiotic coral Stylophora pistillata. The total inhibition of phosphate uptake in artificial seawater lacking sodium indicates the involvement of a...
jeb.biologists.org
Phosphorus metabolism of reef organisms with algal symbionts
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Sponge symbionts and the marine P cycle
Sponge symbionts and the marine P cycle
Marine sponges are ubiquitous colonizers of shallow, clear-water environments in the oceans (1, 2). Sponges have emerged as significant mediators of biogeochemical fluxes in coastal zones by virtue of respiring organic matter and facilitating both the consumption and release of nutrients (3, 4)...
Phosphorus sequestration in the form of polyphosphate by microbial symbionts in marine sponges
Phosphorus sequestration in the form of polyphosphate by microbial symbionts in marine sponges
Coral reefs are highly productive ecosystems that raise a conundrum called “Darwin’s paradox”: How can high production flourish in low-nutrient conditions? We show here that in three abundant Caribbean sponges, the granules that have been commonly observed in sponge tissue for decades are...
Here's fig 4 from the paper on Phosphorus meatbolism;
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The short answer is NO it is not too much.
The long answer has to do with the balance of your tank.
If po4 is held at .1 then nitrates need to be a little higher.
Stability over a single number is also key.
Miklo_Miklo12
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0.1 is fine, if it gets above 0.2, maybe add some nopox, 3 ml per 100 gallons per day. You can go up to 6 ml per day after a week if necessary.
Nopox is carbon dosing which builds bacteria that consume nitrates and phosphates. I make my own nopox from vodka, vinegar and water.
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sp1187
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relax. do nothing. like @fish farmer I don't advocate it but my PO4 is 1.0-1.4 and NO3 is 40/60.
there are some corals I can't keep because of the parameters, but the ones I do keep are growing explosively.
there are some corals I can't keep because of the parameters, but the ones I do keep are growing explosively.
.1 is not too much....watch it, increase water change slightly, if it rises precipitous then MAYBE dose. These dosing recommend drive me nutz honestly....what are you feeding, first off? As @Perthegallon listed, follow that lead.
Well said.
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Like everyone else said, 0.1 is not too much. My acros start to show "burnt tips"/STN at tips when my phos drops below 0.05. Ever since upping the feeding and keeping it between 0.07-0.12, my acros have recovered. I'm running an alk of 8 too.
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