I think what I'm really asking is: can I double up on Phosguard and expect phosphate to drop and stabilize at a lower value quicker if I don't care about my current stock of corals.
0.1 is higher than recommend, and I'm trying to get params stable and controllable before I go all in with SPS.
When I set up my tank, I started with LR and crushed coral substrate from a few guys on craigslist and my LFS. At the time, I told myself that starting with wet supply would jump start the tank and avoid new tank syndrome. I didn't add anything other than the clowns and damsel that came with the LR for 5 months.
And things went well. Instant cycle. I never saw anything but nitrate. And the LR has been interesting from day 1.
But when I started measuring things outside the nitrogen cycle, I discovered high phosphate (0.4 was my first reading). I feed lightly (1 cube brine or mysis per day), so I assume the source is years of build up from the LR and substrate.
I know chasing numbers is silly, but I do have persistent problems with either cyano or GHA (never at the same time it seems though). High phosphate seems like a likely culprit.
;Bookworm
