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So, I've been battling high nitrates and phosphates in my tank for a little while now, probably at least 6 months if not longer. When i started my nitrates are over 140 (nyos test) and my phosphate was off the scale a over 1ppm. After finally doing biweekly 25ish% water changes and dosing Reef Pro Bio-Ex for about a month i finally got my nitrates down to in the 40s, still high but a lot better than where it was. My phosphates are probably laughing at me as my nyos test kit is still reading over 1ppm, been keeping up with water changes, cut down how much food is going into the tank, dosed Brightwell Phosphat E, and currently running Phosguard to try to lower my them. I just started using Phosguard and so far still maxing out the scale at over 1ppm.
My tank has 4yr old live rock in my tank, so i'm thinking that my rockwork is leeching out the phosphates back into the water. I'm wanting to pull my hair out due to not being able to drop my PO4 at all, any help or suggestions?
My tank has 4yr old live rock in my tank, so i'm thinking that my rockwork is leeching out the phosphates back into the water. I'm wanting to pull my hair out due to not being able to drop my PO4 at all, any help or suggestions?