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Some things I thought about...

1) When starting a new reef tank run rowa, etc asap so that newly introduced sps later on will be in a phosphate free environment.

2) When sps have been growing in a tank of considerable amounts of phosphate, do not remove all the phosphate in the water too fast. Instead run in the rowa, etc in small amounts and for short durations over a couple of days.

3) When phosphate levels start to climb, empty the old & replace your phosphate removal media slowly...

I used to have a tank with rather significant amount of phosphates (did'nt measure but had some cyano problems)...after running a FR to maximise efficiency of phosphate removal, alot of rather stable sps specimens of mine started to stn. Many people on RC experienced this as well..so guys..just be cautious. For my new display tank the first thing I will do is to start my FR before the corals are in...hopefully that would help minimise any shock...

Always something more important than fish.

http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/

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i have the same experience, my fav staghorn rtn alittle after I run the phos remover...

Tank: 5 X 2 X 2.5

Sump : 3 X 1.5 X 1.8

Tunze 6060

Tunze TF08

Oceanrunner 6500

Deltec AP 902 Protein Skimmer

I-Aquatic Calcium Reactor

Arctica Chiller

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