Just got phosphate checker says 0.00

[Stuckita]

Picked up a Hanna checker and it’s reading 0.00. Probably accurate as I tested at the LFS and it came up as 0.02.

I recently had an algae break out and still have some hair algae and green algae but it doesn’t seem to be growing. Tank is a little about 2 months old.

Thoughts to raise?

 

[tbrown]

I would. NeoPhos is a good option. If your tank is larger, you can get some Loudwolf Trisodium Phosphate and mix your own.

What is your nitrates?

 

[Stuckita]

I would. NeoPhos is a good option. If your tank is larger, you can get some Loudwolf Trisodium Phosphate and mix your own.

What is your nitrates?

Nitrates are steady at 25. Don’t change much throughout the week.

 

[Dburr1014]

Nitrates are steady at 25. Don’t change much throughout the week.

Definatly get them up. But 0.02/0 is also in that test range.

Having 0 po4 and some nitrates is worse than having 0 nitrates and some po4.
In other words, po4 is more important in nutrients.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I would use food grade sodium phosphate from Amazon. Neophos is unnecessarily expensive and lacks any purity assurance.

 

[mtraylor]

Did you start with dry rock?