Darbna
Valuable Member
So I have been running a 125 for a few months now and my phosphates have always hovered around .25. Everything always happy in the tank. I have a ton of corals and fish. LPS, a few SPS frags, some soft corals and Zoa. Everything open and waving. I even have a black sun coral tucked away in a little cave I made and it opens every time I feed the tank. I also target feed once or twice a week.
So recently I started only feeding once at night around 630. Lights off at 1030. I run 2 Hydra 52 HD. I have a sump with some Chateo sitting in a basket, no water movement and a small amount of miracle mud with two Mangrove chutes. Phosphate still at .25 or just under. I know its not high but it just bothered me. I also put a few bags of phosgaurd in the sump tank a few weeks back in still water. over the last week I have been trying to wipe down the sump a little stiring it up and causing some of the lying debree to get sucked up by the pump. Some of it was loose phosgaurd. I dont know if that was what did it, to be honest I expected to the levels to jump, but instead, 0 phosphates. Love it. BTW, all my other levels are on point. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrate, calcium runs around 420-430. My alk runs a little high, maybe 13-15, but thats all. I recently oredered a phosphate reactor, not here yet, but wanted to get your opinions on it. anyone have any experience on the phosphate reactors.
So recently I started only feeding once at night around 630. Lights off at 1030. I run 2 Hydra 52 HD. I have a sump with some Chateo sitting in a basket, no water movement and a small amount of miracle mud with two Mangrove chutes. Phosphate still at .25 or just under. I know its not high but it just bothered me. I also put a few bags of phosgaurd in the sump tank a few weeks back in still water. over the last week I have been trying to wipe down the sump a little stiring it up and causing some of the lying debree to get sucked up by the pump. Some of it was loose phosgaurd. I dont know if that was what did it, to be honest I expected to the levels to jump, but instead, 0 phosphates. Love it. BTW, all my other levels are on point. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrate, calcium runs around 420-430. My alk runs a little high, maybe 13-15, but thats all. I recently oredered a phosphate reactor, not here yet, but wanted to get your opinions on it. anyone have any experience on the phosphate reactors.
