Phosphate risen to 0.15 in two days

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My tank has just finished cycling in the last couple of days. Six weeks from start to now. I tested the phosphate on Sunday and it was 0.02 today it’s 0.15.

The tank has started its ugly phase with what I think are dinos. I left it for a couple of days but yesterday I suctioned some of the algae off the sand and removed it, I ran the water through some filter floss and put it back in the tank.

I also have some filter floss in the side (it’s an all in one) I’m changing every day as it goes brown straight away from the algae.

I have two small clown fish and some soft corals. Everything is fine in the tank but wanted to see if I had done anything to cause the rise in phosphate. I’ve ordered some reef zlements all in one as my alk is only 5.8.

 

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what test kit did you use?
Did anything die in the aquarium? is this a new system or established?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I'd just keep watching it once or twice a week.

 

[spamvicious]

what test kit did you use?
Did anything die in the aquarium? is this a new system or established?

As I said in my post it’s a new system, six weeks old. Nothing has died. I used Hanna testing.