Phosphate out of control

Shaddow_wolf169 · Nov 2, 2017

.75ppm Hanna checker check twice .73 and .75 started running gfo plus 1 cup for 140g system. How long will it take to get down? Corals and fish are all fine.

nautical_nathaniel · Nov 2, 2017

Shouldn't take too long to see a noticeable difference if you just added GFO.

JOKER · Nov 2, 2017

I would take it very slow. Too fast, and coral will suffer!! What is nitrate?

chipmunkofdoom2 · Nov 2, 2017

Your tank looks great. I wouldn't worry about phosphates unless your animals are not showing optimal growth or behavior.

Shaddow_wolf169 · Nov 2, 2017

Nitrates are 5 to 10ppm I noticed I started getting dinos for a while got them killed and now just want to get into more sps. I'm only running 1 cup of gfo thru a 90gph reactor I should be running a cup and a half for my tank volume. Picture was last week with dinos present.

Shaddow_wolf169 · Nov 2, 2017

My anemone is doing awesome.

Shaddow_wolf169 · Nov 5, 2017

Got the phosphates to .28 and seem to be pretty steady there.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 6, 2017

If you do not have an algae problem, I'd just keep up normal efforts to limit the rise.

Shaddow_wolf169 · Nov 6, 2017

I do have a lil algae problem and did have dinos

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 6, 2017

There may still be substantial dinos in the water, so be careful to not drive nutrients too low. That seems to spur their growth, possibly through a complex mechanism involving other organisms (such as algae) taking up trace elements that they need.