High phosphates and low nitrate
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Are your corals happy?
Randy Holmes-Farley
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I'd personally recommend lowering phosphate. The nitrate is fine. GFO is a fine way to slowly lower phosphate, but there are other ways that work well too.
What sorts of nutrient export methods do you now use?
What sorts of nutrient export methods do you now use?
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Some are doing well while some aren’t
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A nano protien skimmer (bubble magus mini q), filter pads (changed every 3 days), and weekly 10% water changes
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Same thing is happening with me, my PO4 shot up to 0.29 from 0.15 in a week and my NO3 tanked (with my daily dosing which kept it steady for a month) from 12 to 1 in that same week.
I feel like the introduction of my Leopard wrasse might be tied to it - it digs up the sang violently every hour of the day causing sand storms.
Can I possibly just be seeing PO4 that’s typically stored in the sand be released and it’s just temporary until it gets soaked up again?
I feel like the introduction of my Leopard wrasse might be tied to it - it digs up the sang violently every hour of the day causing sand storms.
Can I possibly just be seeing PO4 that’s typically stored in the sand be released and it’s just temporary until it gets soaked up again?
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I'd look to add some method for exporting phosphate, such as growing macroalgae or GFO.
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Maybe.
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I’ll maybe get some macroalgae for tge display.
