Phosphate issues

Dowtish · Nov 11, 2013

Just to add some more info to read up on: Phosphate and the Reef Aquarium by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

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pickupman66 said:
Man, just when i think I have it licked, I am surprised by my numbers yet again. my phosphates creeped back up to .14 on my hannah. Somewhere I am adding it back into my system as well. I thaw my frozen food in water then dump 95% of it out before putting food in the tank. My fish have it GONE in about a minute. I am really getting some burnt tips on most of my Acros. My alk is 8.2, but I did notice my Calcium is 500 and my mag was at the top of the Salifert chart. nitrates were 15. I have cleaned my scrubber 3 times now. it is producing some nice dark algaes. some hair is starting to grow on it as well.

Try feeding LRS food the critters sells it. Or NLS pellets I had the same problem when I was feeding the regular frozen food. Also I don't have a sand bed could it be the sand bed