Hight P04 in new tank GFO?
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how old is the tank? it will go down naturally but slowly.
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I would wait to run the GFO in the tank is under 4 months old. Just cut back on how much you are feeding but still feed. What are your Po4's and No3's?
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Looks more like it was caused by rocks leaching or other...
Water changes and a bit of GFO will help lower it till ur filtration can deal with it.
Water changes and a bit of GFO will help lower it till ur filtration can deal with it.
sorry not gonna happen in a 2 week old tank. too many other things going on unless you used a lot of old live rock and bagged live sand.
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Phosphate won't decline in most reef aquaria unless you do something to export it.
I'd begin to plan how you expect to deal with it long term.
This has more:
Phosphate In The Reef Aquarium
https://www.reef2reef.com/blog/?p=3184
I'd begin to plan how you expect to deal with it long term.
This has more:
Phosphate In The Reef Aquarium
https://www.reef2reef.com/blog/?p=3184
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PO4 won't significantly reduce from 1 ppm without intervention. I'd keep the lights off in the tank, and add GFO to reduce the PO4. If you add light to that situation and you're going to have some serious algae and cyano issues STAT. If you keep the corals out of there for now, then you can be much more aggressive with the PO4 reduction. If your corals are used to a low PO4 environment, and you add them to a 1 ppm PO4 environment many of them will RTN on you. If you have a reactor you could use like a TLF reactor, use that.
Why do you need it coral ready asap?
Only because the mushrooms are killing most of them at the base. I have lost a few really nice LPS and 1/2 my acro's have look like there receading at the bottom but it's actually due to the mushrooms.
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Ok, well don't move them yet! What is PO4 in the current tank at? Try to match that up as close as possible before making the transfer.
If you have a reactor you could use like a TLF reactor, use that.
Why do you need it coral ready asap?[/QUOTE]
All my reactors are currently used up , have 2L matrix in new setup in a phosban 550, and my only other one is in old tank and has biopellets im gonna need to buy another one asap, currently my gfo is in a bag wich is in were my water overflows in the sump baffles . I believe matrix is best used in a reactor correct? cause i could remove it and use that one.
Why do you need it coral ready asap?[/QUOTE]
All my reactors are currently used up , have 2L matrix in new setup in a phosban 550, and my only other one is in old tank and has biopellets im gonna need to buy another one asap, currently my gfo is in a bag wich is in were my water overflows in the sump baffles . I believe matrix is best used in a reactor correct? cause i could remove it and use that one.
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You could temporarily. Most people are using Matrix/Siporax just in a basket or bag in the sump, but theoretically ya it should work better in a low flow reactor. I'd pull it out for now though and get mean with the GFO. Keep in mind the rocks will probably leach for awhile and it may take weeks to get po4 down without large amounts of GFO.
