Adding a Fish to Raise Nitrate but not Phosphate?

[Joe Tony]

Just wanna know if the bioload of fish don't do anything to raise phosphates. I know feedings will raise nitrate and phosphate, but does fish waste only add nitrate?

 

[Spare time]

The phosphate more or less mostly comes from the food sources rather than made by the fish themselves. I think randy once mentioned that fish food often has much more phosphate than fish need.

 

[Spare time]

If you have coral, you can dose amino acids which have no phosphates.

 

[Joe Tony]

Will phytoplankton, oyster feast, marine snow, etc. increase phosphates?

 

[Spare time]

Will phytoplankton, oyster feast, marine snow, etc. increase phosphates?

I can't really say except for phyto for live phyto which I have dosed without any noticeable phosphate increase (presumably because it lives until it gets eaten). I am sure the others icnrease phosphate to some degree as really it is only aminos that are phosphate free, but I am not sure as to how much they would raise phosphate if much at all.

 

[Joe Tony]

I can't really say except for phyto for live phyto which I have dosed without anything raise (presumably because it lives until it gets eaten). I am sure the others icnrease phosphate to some degree as really it is only aminos that are phosphate free, but I am not sure as to how much they would raise phosphate if much at all.

Alright, well thanks for the advice. It was very helpful