A few weeks ago I switched over from LFS RODI water to using my own RODI. I have an RODI that’s made for reef setups.
I started getting some hair algae and thought my tank was just going through growing pains, but it started becoming excessive this week. I began dosing with Blue Life Phosphate RX over the course of several days, and my phosphate numbers were getting under control... dropping from around 2.0 to somewhere between 0 and 0.25.
I thought great, I’ll do a water change and that should knock the rest of it out... but my numbers went back up to 1.0 - 2.0. Yikes, my source water?
My inline TDS meter is reading 000 output (down from 250+ input), but when I test the output water for Phosphate it’s reading around maybe 4.0.
How can my particulates be 0 but I’m still getting phosphates?
I’m swapping out RODI filters and the membrane. Should that do it, or will I need to do something more?
I started getting some hair algae and thought my tank was just going through growing pains, but it started becoming excessive this week. I began dosing with Blue Life Phosphate RX over the course of several days, and my phosphate numbers were getting under control... dropping from around 2.0 to somewhere between 0 and 0.25.
I thought great, I’ll do a water change and that should knock the rest of it out... but my numbers went back up to 1.0 - 2.0. Yikes, my source water?
My inline TDS meter is reading 000 output (down from 250+ input), but when I test the output water for Phosphate it’s reading around maybe 4.0.
How can my particulates be 0 but I’m still getting phosphates?
I’m swapping out RODI filters and the membrane. Should that do it, or will I need to do something more?
