Phytoplankton feeding

Would it be normal for phosphates to rise and nitrates lower with this?
I added 100ml on Friday and po4 was at 1( up from 0.05) and nitrates 10ppm (down 2)
Phosphate is found in phytoplankton mix. Its fertilizer for plants
 
Top Shelf Aquatics has a recommended feeding table for daily phyto dosing.
For 150gallons it recommends,
150ml for a fish only aquarium
450ml for photosynthetic stony coral aquarium
And 750ml for non photo-synthetic filter feeding aquarium.
I have only just started dosing phyto myself and so was looking for some kind of recommendation to follow.
I'm still only at half their recommended dose and will work my way up once corals grow in more and I'm hoping to reduce nutrients, increase pH and boost copepods population.
I also make my own phyto and currently dosing just nanno, but hoping to find other species to also cultivate to dose a mixture.
 

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