How can I lower phosphates without lowering nitrates too low? Nitrates are 13.4 and phosphates are 0.4. It could be worse realistically but would like to lower it. Not looking to use GFO
I dont think these guys are happy. My alk admittedly swings from 7.7-8.3 every couple of days. I do weekly water changes(5gal in a 18x18) I dose .75ml Seachem Fusion 2 every 2 days. My salinity is 1.025. Nitrate is right around 5 but phosphate gets a little high 0.20. I dont have a bio bioload but I run a skimmer. Ammonia and nitrite 0.
The atoll grows. Had an eel escape to the sump and stir up the mulm. Been vacuuming the sump over two weeks. Finally caught the eel. The escape took my levels from 20 no3 and .2 po4 to 50 no3 and 1-.5 po4. Mag dropped to 1100. Had to dose 1800 ml mag to bring it back to 1365. Phosguard to reduce po4 from there to .50-.25. Added white vinegar to kalk for bacteria and take no3 to covert it into more of a meal for coral and clams. Somehow the cal dropped from 420 to 390 over night after the phosguard kicked in. Likely coralline growth but clams and sps could also be culprits as po4 inhibition levels are reduced. Making a batch of calcium chloride to dose over 2 days and bring it back up. Only use chemistry and nature here.
Hello everyone! I am having trouble keeping my phosphates up. I am consistently at 0.00
I am dosing sodium nitrate which keeps my nitrates consistently between 9.0 - 11.0
I also have a cyanobacteria outbreak that I can't shake off with chemi-clean. I am using reef roids daily to try and raise phosphates. I have lost almost all my LPS since this situation came about. If anyone can give insight it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I finally got the parameters right. My NO3 was way too high, and PO4 wouldn't get a little bit up. I did several water changes and let everything settle.
The candy blue coral had a hard time. I replaced it, and it looks like it's getting better.
But one of the corals, I think, has given birth, lol. The other ones are looking great too. I hope the candy cane will get the colors back that it had.🤞🏾
So everything in my tank is happy. Did a water change yesterday cause I noticed I have high phosphate and high nitrate. Should I be concerned if everything is doing fine
Okay so my phosphate has always been running about 0.2. this seems to be regarded as a little high but I’ve not had problems so far. I went to LFS to get GFO to bring it down and they told me it’s fine, because I’m only doing softies and LPS.
at the risk of getting a bunch of different opinions, what am I to think when the value is out of ideal range on paper but the experts are telling me it’s fine?
Over the last month and a half I have lowered my phosphates from .78ppm to .28ppm
These are my parameters. Corals are doing overall better now that I lowered phosphates, but I’m struggling to keep calcium lower, and nitrates maybe just a little higher. Any recommendations?
I’ve been doing about 12-14% water changes weekly. Should I hold back and not do a water change???
Can someone help me or help me create a day by day schedule to help my tank im dosing neophos and prime but my reading are
Salinity 1.024
Alkalinity 15.3
PH 7.4
Phosphate 0
Nitrate 50-100
Nitrite 0.1
Ammonia 0.25
It’s only a 52L tank. I have a frogspawn(closed few days) everything else is fine 2 clownfish urchin torch and mushroom
Time to tak on thoes high nitrates and phosphates.
Haven't been doing my weekly WC and it shows.
No3 at 40, PO4 at .9 YIKES
Gonna try this Nyos Zeo for the first time.
How can I lower phosphates without lowering nitrates too low? Nitrates are 13.4 and phosphates are 0.4. It could be worse realistically but would like to lower it. Not looking to use GFO
I dont think these guys are happy. My alk admittedly swings from 7.7-8.3 every couple of days. I do weekly water changes(5gal in a 18x18) I dose .75ml Seachem Fusion 2 every 2 days. My salinity is 1.025. Nitrate is right around 5 but phosphate gets a little high 0.20. I dont have a bio bioload but I run a skimmer. Ammonia and nitrite 0.
The atoll grows. Had an eel escape to the sump and stir up the mulm. Been vacuuming the sump over two weeks. Finally caught the eel. The escape took my levels from 20 no3 and .2 po4 to 50 no3 and 1-.5 po4. Mag dropped to 1100. Had to dose 1800 ml mag to bring it back to 1365. Phosguard to reduce po4 from there to .50-.25. Added white vinegar to kalk for bacteria and take no3 to covert it into more of a meal for coral and clams. Somehow the cal dropped from 420 to 390 over night after the phosguard kicked in. Likely coralline growth but clams and sps could also be culprits as po4 inhibition levels are reduced. Making a batch of calcium chloride to dose over 2 days and bring it back up. Only use chemistry and nature here.
Hello everyone! I am having trouble keeping my phosphates up. I am consistently at 0.00
I am dosing sodium nitrate which keeps my nitrates consistently between 9.0 - 11.0
I also have a cyanobacteria outbreak that I can't shake off with chemi-clean. I am using reef roids daily to try and raise phosphates. I have lost almost all my LPS since this situation came about. If anyone can give insight it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I finally got the parameters right. My NO3 was way too high, and PO4 wouldn't get a little bit up. I did several water changes and let everything settle.
The candy blue coral had a hard time. I replaced it, and it looks like it's getting better.
But one of the corals, I think, has given birth, lol. The other ones are looking great too. I hope the candy cane will get the colors back that it had.🤞🏾
So everything in my tank is happy. Did a water change yesterday cause I noticed I have high phosphate and high nitrate. Should I be concerned if everything is doing fine
Struggling with something, doing 25% water changes every week nite phos ammo all 0 ph 8.2 salinity 37.5 I get this in less than 3 days
Okay so my phosphate has always been running about 0.2. this seems to be regarded as a little high but I’ve not had problems so far. I went to LFS to get GFO to bring it down and they told me it’s fine, because I’m only doing softies and LPS.
at the risk of getting a bunch of different opinions, what am I to think when the value is out of ideal range on paper but the experts are telling me it’s fine?
Just finished a little po4 reduction project. Let’s see if we can lower that .74 ppm po4 in a spa grow out tank.
Over the last month and a half I have lowered my phosphates from .78ppm to .28ppm
These are my parameters. Corals are doing overall better now that I lowered phosphates, but I’m struggling to keep calcium lower, and nitrates maybe just a little higher. Any recommendations?
I’ve been doing about 12-14% water changes weekly. Should I hold back and not do a water change???
8-4-25
Salinity: 1.026/ 35.3
Ph: 8.13
Magnesium: 1410 ppm
Calcium Hanna: 525
Nitrate: 2.3 ppm
Phosphate: .28 ppm
Alkalinity: 9.5