Phosphates going up

[doubleshot00]

My tanks been up and running for a few months now my phosphates is .45 according to hanna checker. No corals yet. Just fish, snails and a pair of rock flowers. Tanks is 90 and i just did a water change yesterday 15 gal and these are the test results today.

Should i be concerned? And what can be done?

Salinity-1.026
Alk-9.7
Ph-8.3
Nitrate- 12.4
Phos-.45

 

[blaxsun]

Not necessarily. I'm not sure what you have setup for filtration, but you could look at some ChemiPure Elite in a media basket, tray (etc.) to help with your phosphates. If you could provide some more details on what you all feed your reef inhabitants that might help.

 

[doubleshot00]

I feed frozen mysis 2x a day half a cube in the am and whole in the afternoon. Trying to keep aggression down. Hawk fish Facepalm. Nori 3x a week and 1 broken algae wafer broken up 1x a day.

Im using a canister filter. Ill order some chemi pure.

 

[radfly]

I feed frozen mysis 2x a day half a cube in the am and whole in the afternoon. Trying to keep aggression down. Hawk fish Facepalm. Nori 3x a week and 1 broken algae wafer broken up 1x a day.

Im using a canister filter. Ill order some chemi pure.

Canister filter is the issue, they are nitrate and phosphate bombs unless cleaned weekly.

 

[doubleshot00]

Anyone have suggestions on what to use chemipure? I have Phosguard

 

[nereefpat]

I have Phosguard

This is what phosguard is for. It works best in a reactor.

The high values are likely from using dry rock for the new build.

 

[doubleshot00]

This is what phosguard is for. It works best in a reactor.

The high values are likely from using dry rock for the new build.

Just went to LFS and they said to not worry about it for now as the tank is so new.

 

[nereefpat]

Just went to LFS and they said to not worry about it for now as the tank is so new.

I agree it's nothing to panic about, but I would fix it. If you have the phosguard, I would use it to get to the 0.1 ppm range or so.

 

[doubleshot00]

I agree it's nothing to panic about, but I would fix it. If you have the phosguard, I would use it to get to the 0.1 ppm range or so.

I got some chemipure coming so I’ll probably just put that in and get the tank crystal clear to.