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Hi all
My refugium is super efficient at removing nitrate...it will strip my tank bare in no time so at the moment I only run my light for 2 hours per night. This is keeping my nitrates at 3ppm. My phosphate however can climb quickly when my gfo is depleted...which doesn't take long! My system is 1000 litres approx and gfo is expensive at the rate I get through it. Also, my reactor needs upgrading as I cant run much flow though it without causing a storm inside.
Although nitrate is consumed by chaeto multiple times more than phosphate, I'm thinking of increasing my fuge light to 6 or 8 hours to increase phosphate consumption but dose nitrates.
Do you think this will help with phosphate removal and reduce gfo depletion time?
Does anyone dose nitrate AND run a fuge?
Thanks!
My refugium is super efficient at removing nitrate...it will strip my tank bare in no time so at the moment I only run my light for 2 hours per night. This is keeping my nitrates at 3ppm. My phosphate however can climb quickly when my gfo is depleted...which doesn't take long! My system is 1000 litres approx and gfo is expensive at the rate I get through it. Also, my reactor needs upgrading as I cant run much flow though it without causing a storm inside.
Although nitrate is consumed by chaeto multiple times more than phosphate, I'm thinking of increasing my fuge light to 6 or 8 hours to increase phosphate consumption but dose nitrates.
Do you think this will help with phosphate removal and reduce gfo depletion time?
Does anyone dose nitrate AND run a fuge?
Thanks!