Can my engineer goby raise my phosphate level

[McDrummondJ]

Hey everyone I had a massive phosphate Spike over the last month. I'm wondering if my engineer goby who has been relandscaping a vast majority of my 180 gallon could Spike My phosphate?

 

[Miami Reef]

@Randy Holmes-Farley

 

[JumboShrimp]

Could we see a picture of him, just for fun?

 

[aggrofish]

It's possible. If I stir up, or clean to big an area of sand my PO4 goes up. It's been undetectable and after I cleaned the sand it was .04. I don't see why a goby constantly stirring up sand would be any different.

 

[Greg P]

Sure it's possible
All the stuff in your sand is being stirred up so why not?
I think you have it figured out already

 

[iamahab]

It's possible. If I stir up, or clean to big an area of sand my PO4 goes up. It's been undetectable and after I cleaned the sand it was .04. I don't see why a goby constantly stirring up sand would be any different.

dang it! I've been working my phos down and just added some cerith snails who've been stirring up the sand bed. I was shaking my fist at the reef gods as I noticed a spike in my phos today. Come to find out it's the ceriths (more than likely). I also vacuumed some of the sand.

 

[McDrummondJ]

Could we see a picture of him, just for fun?

Could we see a picture of him, just for fun?

It hard to get a good pic. He almost never comes out. I'm afraid I will have to take him out of my display tank, and put him in my 75gl. My phos levels are at 160 and I'm lossing corals.