Phosphates high?

[smokenax]

Just did a test a couple of times jus to verify with Hanna phosphorus tester
And it read 50 should I be concerned?
Also what number is ideal for sps
And what are the best methods of exporting if needed?
Any feed back.
thanks.

 

[Copingwithpods]

Make sure you are reading that right, 50 is like sewer water, sure it wasn't like 0.50 or 0.050? Sps prefer under 0.10 but not undetectable

 

[W1ngz]

It's high, but not catastrophic.

It's important to include units when you throw out numbers. The Hanna Phosphorus checker checks ppb phosphorus, not ppm phosphate.

It came with a conversion table, look up your value in bbp phosphorus to determine your phosphate value.

 

[Justdrew]

That's only .15 ppm.

 

[smokenax]

Looking at the conversion table is 0.153 ppm in phosphates.

 

[smokenax]

So 0.15.

 

[Duffer]

I would try to get it down below.1. I have success using phosphate rx

 

[homer1475]

Yeah 0.15 is high, we try to keep them around 0.01 to 0.03ish. GFO or lanthanum chloride will do the trick.