I've been battling high phosphates since I set this tank up. My nitrates are 5-10 and I have a refugium with a big protein skimmer and just recently added a reefmat 500 to the tank. I've been dosing Phosphate-E for a few weeks now but it doesn't seem to do much. (Dosing near protein skimmer intake) I haven't harvested my chaeto yet since it's still small and growing really slowly, I'm guessing from lack of light. (I have an ecochic 8831) I have a red sea reefer 350 g2 with 1 foxface, 2 clownfish, 1 baby blue tang and a copperband butterflyfish. I feed 2 frozen PE mysis shrimp a day and a piece of nori.
I got tired of waiting for my phosphates to drop and pulled the trigger on my first coral which is a hammer.
Also would like to add that my rocks were previously used in an aquarium but has been bleached.
I got tired of waiting for my phosphates to drop and pulled the trigger on my first coral which is a hammer.
Also would like to add that my rocks were previously used in an aquarium but has been bleached.