Nicholas Dushynsky
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Can I ask how you raise your phosphates?
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mfollen
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Not speaking for @Chaswood79 but I had very low phosphates, was dosing before..
But I added a lot of fish. Fed more and that was it.
But I added a lot of fish. Fed more and that was it.
Nicholas Dushynsky
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Thanks, I'm going to try and just add the food then slowly dose phosphates and get things looking better before I invest in another fish. Plus only being about 90litre i cant have loads of fish i there.
My tank is only 50 gallons but I have quite a few fish and I only run my skimmer for 12 hours a day. I would start by reducing your export method, and feeding your fish a couple extra times a day for 3-5 days and then test and then adjust accordingly until you find the right balance.
Nicholas Dushynsky
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I don't have any real export method only filter floss which is only to catch big bits which I have removed for now. And I already feed my fish a mixture of pellets, flake and frozen twice a day. I dont know what is consuming the phosphates as I only have a little turf algae on 1 rock about 2 inches across, no sump, no skimmer for well over a year now and water changes are only 10% maybe every 6 weeks. The only thing I have filtration wise is about 750g of biohome marine media, could this be too efficient at reducing phosphates? I only thought it helped with nitrates and the like. https://filterpro.co.uk/biohome-ultimate-marine-1kg-85-p.asp
