Phosphates

[J.selfmade]

Is there any way to lower phosphate without an reactor (gfo) or doing a water change

 

[Retro Reefer]

Welcome to R2R! You can try feeding less, rinsing your frozen foods, use products like Reef Roids sparingly, up your husbandry.

 

[LC8Sumi]

Lanthanum chloride

 

[dwest]

Also,don’t worry about the number unless it’s causing problems.

 

[Jeff Jarry reef]

Welcome to R2R!!!
I us a Algea scrubber to help lower Pand N
But it can strip water clean too.

 

[J.selfmade]

Sorta kinda have no space in my sump for an algae scrubber.

 

[Sunreefer]

DROP.2 drop-in upflow algae scrubber with Green Grabber surfaces - 0.2 cubes feeding per day

www.santa-monica.cc

You can try this... he has different variations to meet your tank specifications.

 

[IslandLifeReef]

Sorta kinda have no space in my sump for an algae scrubber.

You could try phosban. It comes in a mesh packet and you can add it to a good flow area in your sump without taking up a lot of space. Just be sure to rinse it well before using it

 

[Jeff Jarry reef]

Phosphate RX I haven't used it personally but I have heard good things about it.

 

[720 Reefer]

Phosphate RX I haven't used it personally but I have heard good things about it.

Also Phosphat-E. Used this one and works great. Both are virtually the same

 

[JohnMzreef]

- more coral, less fish
- dose nitrate
- feed flake food daily, frozen much less often

 

[J.selfmade]

Awe man you guys are great; I love it here. Thank you so much for your experienced opinions I will definitely let you all know which route I choose

 

[Scrubber_steve]

Awe man you guys are great; I love it here. Thank you so much for your experienced opinions I will definitely let you all know which route I choose

What is your phosphate level at?

 

[JustDewwit]

Phosphate RX is just a temporary fix, you definitely need to narrow the issues causing the increase.

 

[J.selfmade]

What is your phosphate level at?

Rn it is 0.15

 

[Salt & Peper]

Welcome! There's lots of good answers above!

 

[zalick]

If you decide to use lanthanum chloride, be sure to read up on the process. It's VERY effective but needs to be done carefully. @slief has a great write-up/tutorial on it at RC. Here is a video he made.

 

[J.selfmade]

If you decide to use lanthanum chloride, be sure to read up on the process. It's VERY effective but needs to be done carefully. @slief has a great write-up/tutorial on it at RC. Here is a video he made.

Thanks! Glad you sent that video!

 

[Scrubber_steve]

Rn it is 0.15

Can I ask, are you experiencing any particular problems that you believe are related to your phosphate level?
which test kit you use to measure PO4?
& what level is your nitrate at?

 

[J.selfmade]

Nitrates is at about 15 and I used the Hanna checker for phosphate. And I don’t have a refugium or algae scrubber of any kind. No visible issues and it’s the first it actually got so high in about two years