Phosphate Level still High, Any Quicker way to reduce fast?

[mikintosh]

Hi Guys,

Need some advise here. Been running TLF550 with RowaPhosban and a Reef Ocotopus Reactor with NP Bio Pellets at full steam but my Phosphate is still quite high. My Skimmer is a Schuran Jetskim 150 with a new Ehiem 1262 to increase the skimming as well.

Recently bought Brightwell Extrax Phos to see if it helps but is there a quicker way?

Btw, just got a RO unit from Ah Beng to ensure tap water is treated.

Tank is 5ft x 2 x 2. with thin sand bed and lots of live rocks and fishes.

Regards, Michael

[akina28]

maybe you can do a 20 to 30% water change weekly with NSW and see how its goes??

[inwear]

Maybe reduce your feeding especially frozen food. Clean the cubes in RO water before feeding.its helps

[mikintosh]

we are doing water changes now on a weekly basis. Have stopped feeding frozen food as well as we introduce the live brime shrimps weekly. Just did a search and they even recommend washing of feeding pellets with RO water. Is it true?

How about PolyFilter? Has anybody tried this? I have a few Tangs and they grew quite big now. They are like goldfish in the fresh water tank, eating and a lot bio waste.

[mikintosh]

For NSW, it is clean and where do they get the water from? Will it introduce bacteria etc? I search and guess what NSW is but sorry to ask, what does it stands for? Thanks in advance.

[akina28]

NSW stand for Natural Sea Water

You can get it from iwarna or mostly where they sell fish and coral should have it

I don know how they get so much sea water from also hahaha but don try to get water from the beach use ... its poison to yiur tank

[mikintosh]

Thanks guys, will get some containers and get the NSW for the change today.

[akina28]

yeah faster change and save your livestock

[mikintosh]

thanks guys, i went to Beng and bought 6 containers of water and added another blue bucket of self mix salt water over the weekend. The phospate was down immediate at night when i tested the level! first time I see yellow on the test-tube!!!!

skimmer went on like a volcano afterwards and it stopped today. the corals are looking good but I lost my elegance and green frog spawn

thank you again for the advice and happy reefing!

[woyeng**]

You have Chaeto ?

[acs]

How many fishes do you have in the tank? There is a limit of fishes you can have based on the surface area of your tank . It's about 2.5 cm length of fish per 77cm2 in surface area. This is the first step to keep your phos in check. Of course this rule does not include the width of the fishes as some as rounder while some are slimmer. It also does not include the fact that fishes do grow over time and the tank surface remains the same throughout. It is nevertheless the best gauge we have for a start. My personal recommendation is about 1.5cm of fish length per 80cm2 .

[mikintosh]

yes there is chaeto. believe it or not, it grew from 3 strands to a shoebox full now!

as for the fishes. there are about 25 of them in a 5*2*2 tank. i think have to reduce the bio load base on your recommendation.

[Harlequinmania]

You can try goodbye p04 from marine life, it work almost imdiately.

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[julius]

Add calcium hydroxide if you want to get "0" phosphate instantly. But do watch for high pH

[sherman]

Add calcium hydroxide if you want to get "0" phosphate instantly. But do watch for high pH

Too much calcium also have problem. Better to do water change and use phos remover to export

the PO4

[julius]

What will excessive calcium cause?

[bluewind79]

Do water change regularly and use phos remover