Phosphate

[thesoulpatch]

I have a IM aio 40 gallon.

So I have been testing my phosphate recently out of curiosity, and it has been .6 so i did a 10 gallon wc to lower it and when i tested the next day it was .6 still. My corals are all fine and have tons of pe and nothing is wrong but i can't get it down for the life of me.

I feed lrs twice a week and the fish get pellets every day. I have 2 clowns, a melanarus, diamond goby and a blenny. Nitrates are around 5-10.

I have a hob fuge and it grows like crazy, i half it bi-weekly and it grows thick and strong.

Thoughts?

 

[Snoopy 67]

Sure it's .6 or 0.06? 0.06 is not bad at all
GFO is the remedy in a reactor. Start @ 1/2 dose.

 

[thesoulpatch]

I just did a test using the hanna checker and it said .53

 

[kevin_e]

I just did a test using the hanna checker and it said .53

which checker? There is a phosphate, a Phosphorus ULR and a phosphate ULR.

 

[thesoulpatch]

This one

 

[kevin_e]

Ah, that is the older model I believe. I can't speak on it's accuracy, but they have since come out with the Phosphorus ULR and phosphate ULR.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

If you do not have an algae problem, do not get too worked up about the phosphate.

I'd slowly try to lower it, but some great tanks have higher phosphate than that, and too low may be worse than too high.

 

[thesoulpatch]

@Randy Holmes-Farley i have zero algae in the tank. Other than a couple strands here and there that get ate as soon as they pop up. So cool, i'll not worry about it.

Thank you!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

@Randy Holmes-Farley i have zero algae in the tank. Other than a couple strands here and there that get ate as soon as they pop up. So cool, i'll not worry about it.

Thank you!

Sounds fine.

Happy Reefing.