Bill_Moorman
Active Member
Good evening all-
I have been trying to raise my phosphates from 0 (Hanna 713-buying a 736 soon) to .02 by feeding heavily and completely stopping the photoperiod for my chaeto over the past week. Haven’t been able to get any detectable phosphate. I have a minimal bio load- 2 clowns, two cleaner shrimp, 3 urchins and about 5 snails. System is a 40b with SPS and LPS, much more LPS than SPS.
As such, I purchased some NeoPhos. The new bottle has a simple formula to determine the dosage required, however, after following that dosage, and retesting morning, I’m still undetectable.
Through research, I’ve learned that the phosphorus can bind to the calcium found in my aragonite substrate, and not much actually becomes available in the water column.
One reason this is important to me is I am beginning to see what I believe are Dino’s, so I don’t want to allow the phosphate levels to remain 0 for much longer.
What is the better approach, adding enough to get my desired reading, or, dose the recommended amount once, or several times a day and waiting it out?
I have been trying to raise my phosphates from 0 (Hanna 713-buying a 736 soon) to .02 by feeding heavily and completely stopping the photoperiod for my chaeto over the past week. Haven’t been able to get any detectable phosphate. I have a minimal bio load- 2 clowns, two cleaner shrimp, 3 urchins and about 5 snails. System is a 40b with SPS and LPS, much more LPS than SPS.
As such, I purchased some NeoPhos. The new bottle has a simple formula to determine the dosage required, however, after following that dosage, and retesting morning, I’m still undetectable.
Through research, I’ve learned that the phosphorus can bind to the calcium found in my aragonite substrate, and not much actually becomes available in the water column.
One reason this is important to me is I am beginning to see what I believe are Dino’s, so I don’t want to allow the phosphate levels to remain 0 for much longer.
What is the better approach, adding enough to get my desired reading, or, dose the recommended amount once, or several times a day and waiting it out?
