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Recently I’ve been trying to stop an algae bloom so I added a 100ml bag of Seachem’s Phosguard (Dec 17th) to my 10gal Nano.
Over the last 3 days...Sad to say I’ve lost my Starry Blenny, Clown Fish, and my Orchid Dotty Back. Inverts and corals seem to be unaffected. Maybe too soon to tell though.
Testing (Dec 23rd) showed KH to drop from 10.2 to 8.1. My PH also dropped from 8.2 to 7.8.
Other parameters remain constant (see below).
I’m only theorizing the Phosguard to be the cause as all parameters have been very stable until adding the Phosguard. Salinity 1.025, temp 78f, PH 8.2, Ca 430, Mg 1560, KH 10.2, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 0-10ppm, PO4 0 - .15.
I’m doing 20%-30% weekly water changes using RODI water.
I’ve since removed the Phosguard completely and replaced with a Polyfilter and GAC.
Am I on the right track here or does anyone see something I may be missing?!
Signed,
Regretful and saddened fish killer.
Over the last 3 days...Sad to say I’ve lost my Starry Blenny, Clown Fish, and my Orchid Dotty Back. Inverts and corals seem to be unaffected. Maybe too soon to tell though.
Testing (Dec 23rd) showed KH to drop from 10.2 to 8.1. My PH also dropped from 8.2 to 7.8.
Other parameters remain constant (see below).
I’m only theorizing the Phosguard to be the cause as all parameters have been very stable until adding the Phosguard. Salinity 1.025, temp 78f, PH 8.2, Ca 430, Mg 1560, KH 10.2, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 0-10ppm, PO4 0 - .15.
I’m doing 20%-30% weekly water changes using RODI water.
I’ve since removed the Phosguard completely and replaced with a Polyfilter and GAC.
Am I on the right track here or does anyone see something I may be missing?!
Signed,
Regretful and saddened fish killer.