Hi All,
Looking to get some thoughts/suggestions on reef roids use and phosphates. I have a 250 gallon that is in the fallow period and that has been unattended to in the last 1.5 months due to a medical procedure. So, my parameters were out of sorts. I am back to normal and started working on the tank the past 2 months. My situation, my phosphates are falling from .10ppm to about .03ppm over the course of 2-3 days. I dose 2, 1/4 teaspoons (limited coral) broadcasting, and the next day my po4 is back up to .10ppm. 2 days later I'm back to .03ppm, rinse and repeat. So is my po4 really .03ppm to be stable? I am looking for .08-.10ppm to be stable. I have about 10 frags in the tank from torch to acans, all seem to like when the po4 is around the .10ppm area. Is it better to dose Phosphates to get to the .10ppm or keep dosing reef roids?
Parameters:
Phosphates- .03-.10ppm
Nitrates- 28ppm (decreasing, was 50+)
Alk- 8.3-8.5 (really trying to lock in @ 8.3)
Cal 460 (decreasing, was 500)
Mag 1350 (increasing, want 1400, currently dosing)
Thanks,
Looking to get some thoughts/suggestions on reef roids use and phosphates. I have a 250 gallon that is in the fallow period and that has been unattended to in the last 1.5 months due to a medical procedure. So, my parameters were out of sorts. I am back to normal and started working on the tank the past 2 months. My situation, my phosphates are falling from .10ppm to about .03ppm over the course of 2-3 days. I dose 2, 1/4 teaspoons (limited coral) broadcasting, and the next day my po4 is back up to .10ppm. 2 days later I'm back to .03ppm, rinse and repeat. So is my po4 really .03ppm to be stable? I am looking for .08-.10ppm to be stable. I have about 10 frags in the tank from torch to acans, all seem to like when the po4 is around the .10ppm area. Is it better to dose Phosphates to get to the .10ppm or keep dosing reef roids?
Parameters:
Phosphates- .03-.10ppm
Nitrates- 28ppm (decreasing, was 50+)
Alk- 8.3-8.5 (really trying to lock in @ 8.3)
Cal 460 (decreasing, was 500)
Mag 1350 (increasing, want 1400, currently dosing)
Thanks,