Phosphates in brand new tank with no livestock?

[DIvid]

Once each day per the bottles instructions. So 6 capfuls yesterday and 6 today.

It is very possible that the microbacter7 is providing the phosphate. It may be there to feed what you are seeding your tank with. If you tested after dosing both times its possible each dose is providing your tank with .11 ppm phosphate. You may very well find that tomorrow it is .33, you're not providing a source to consume phosphate at this time. I would not worry about the phosphate levels until your cycle is complete I personally think that the bacteria are not consuming the phosphate yet give it some time and they will. That's just my opinion I'm no expert though.

 

[zack801]

I appreciate the feedback I should have maybe tested before ever adding this and might have made this conclusion a little easier. @Randy Holmes-Farley what do you think about the microbacter7 as the cause?

 

[Rich Klein]

And just checked the tank again at it’s at .22ppm so double what I found yesterday. Again no livestock. Brand new tank. Only thing added so far is microbacter7. Could I dose nopox to lower it where I want? I really don’t want to carbon dose if I don’t have to

That's the ULR Phosphorous detector. Converted in PPB to Phosphate would be barely .01 - nothing

 

[zack801]

I put it in the converter in the fusion app and it converts to .22ppm. It’s 72 ppb on the reader.

 

[Rich Klein]

I put it in the converter in the fusion app and it converts to .22ppm. It’s 72 ppb on the reader.

Ah - I was referring to the pic that you posted showing a reading of 2.

 

[zack801]

Ah - I was referring to the pic that you posted showing a reading of 2.

Ah yeah that yeah was just my rodi water trying to rule that out as the culprit