Po4 no3
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o00brandon00o
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Hello everybody.
I am lowering po4 via rowaphos, I would like to know how to reduce nitrates as well.
Thanks in advance
@hyla84
This article may help you https://www.advancedaquarist.com/2003/8/chemistry
Shout out to author @Randy Holmes-Farley and to @GoVols for posting it recently.
Thank you so much! I think I'll try for a week with a spoon of brown sugar and see how it goes. After a couple of weeks I'll dose also some fresh phytoplankton.
In my thank i have just fishes at the moment, I've removed all the sps/lps and gave them to some friends to avoid any loss.
o00brandon00o
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Don't just go dumping sugar or a carbon source in your tank. Even the most experienced struggle with balancing nitrates and phosphates via carbon dosing and if you take either too low you will do a lot of damage. What are you nitrate and phosphate levels, and why do you think you need to lower them?
o00brandon00o
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tell us more about the system and filtration. Your po4 is very low.
If you PO4 is really that level there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, but you should try to have your numbers verified with a Hanna checker since the Salifert kit is pretty questionable in accuracy.
How old is your tank? How long did you cure rock? What type of skimmer and filtration are you using? If your nitrates are really that high (100+) dosing a carbon source to get your levels low isn't a solution, it's a bandaid that will likely result in other problems.
o00brandon00o
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