Phos

[wizard261]

Is a reading of 0 ok

thanks

 

[Pod_01]

Is a reading of 0 ok

thanks

It is not ok if you want to keep corals.

 

[Pickle_soup]

How old is your tank?

 

[wizard261]

It is not ok if you want to keep corals.

Only fish at moment But if I get corals what should the range be and thanks

 

[wizard261]

How old is your tank?

over a yr
But I made a mistake with it about a month ago and cleaned my live rock with regular water to get rig of a cyno outbreak not always the sharpest took in the shed

 

[Pod_01]

Only fish at moment But if I get corals what should the range be and thanks

That is really hot topic, if it was me I would pick something between 0.05 - 0.15 and try to keep that number stable.
Fluctuating especially sinking PO4 is detrimental to corals.

 

[Pickle_soup]

You want dirtier water. The danger of low phosphates and nitrates is dinos.

 

[wizard261]

That is really hot topic, if it was me I would pick something between 0.05 - 0.15 and try to keep that number stable.
Fluctuating especially sinking PO4 is detrimental to corals.

What is best way to bring them up a bit I have 40 gal tank

 

[Spare time]

0 phosphates seem to be correlated with dinos, so it's never a good idea. But, what test kit are you using?

 

[Pickle_soup]

What is best way to bring them up a bit I have 40 gal tank

Turn off the skimmer for hours a day, don't change the water as often, and overfeed the fish. Man I hate giving this advice, it is so counterintuitive.

 

[wizard261]

0 phosphates seem to be correlated with dinos, so it's never a good idea. But, what test kit are you using?

hanna just got it

 

[wizard261]

Turn off the skimmer for hours a day, don't change the water as often, and overfeed the fish. Man I hate giving this advice, it is so counterintuitive.

My skimmer has been off i hate to over feed my clowns if what i read is correct they will eat everything

 

[Pickle_soup]

My skimmer has been off i hate to over feed my clowns if what i read is correct they will eat everything

Just increase the number of times you feed them. The best way is to slow down on water changes. If your tank is new, you can get dinos easily since it tends to outcompete other algae when nutrients are low.

 

[Pod_01]

What is best way to bring them up a bit I have 40 gal tank

Feeding fish more can help or you can use any one of the PO4 additives like this:

Or there might be a DIY formula.

or

Reef Roids can work as well.

 

[wizard261]

thanks for eveyone who responded my clowns r doing good so I hope cleaning that rock even thou was not a good idea didnt hurt anything

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

The acceptability of undetectable phosphete depends on the kit and whether it can accurately read low levels.

IMO, I would not want phosphate below about 0.02 ppm, but many kits would read that as none.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

thanks for eveyone who responded my clowns r doing good so I hope cleaning that rock even thou was not a good idea didnt hurt anything

I don't think most fish care what the phosphate level is. :)

 

[Spare time]

My skimmer has been off i hate to over feed my clowns if what i read is correct they will eat everything

Maybe just keep it on at night for aeration