GFO or not to GFO

[3rdMoon]

My Po4 and No3 are out of whack. I’m running at a steady 5ppm nitrates but my phosphates are constantly climbing. I have to dose Phosphat-E regularly just to keep it below 0.10. I’ve got a cantaloupe sized ball of cheato tumbling in my fuge, running on a 12 hour opposing light cycle. I assume that’s why my No3 is steady Eddie. Why then isn’t the cheato up-taking the phosphates at the same rate? I considered increasing my fuge light cycle to help reduce Po4 but I don’t want my nitrates to drop to 0. Would using a GFO reactor be a nuclear solution? Maybe Poly filter pads? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Reef and Dive]

This thread I wrote some time ago might help you understand that:

Redfield Ratio Revisited – What are we doing wrong?

Paulo Mallard Scaldaferri, João Carlos Basso, Marcos Augusto Bizeto, Miguel Mies, Roberto Denadai, Junio Melo Introduction Possible applications of the Redfield ratio in the management of the marine aquarium have been discussed over the year. Many have considered that knowledge very helpful...

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PO4 and NO3 consumption (by bacteria, by algae) does not always happen at the same rate.
I have a big fuge and also use a GFO reactor to remove the excess PO4 from my system, running slow otherwise I kill my algae and NO3 starts to raise.

 

[3rdMoon]

Ok well that was just confusing LOL Thanks tho