Thumper1701 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 need members' advice... Just tested water yesterday. All ok except phosphate. it's kind of on the high side. so the question is: 1)what causes high phosphate and 2)any ways to reduce it? Quote You can't trust dogs to watch your food.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member allantang Posted September 24, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted September 24, 2010 ya.. don't over feed n u can try goodbye PO4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaganesti Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 more frequent water change helps too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper1701 Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 oh, so if i have to change water more frequently, is it better to change water that is mixed with the synthetic sea salt or the water that can be bought from farms? any difference actually? Quote You can't trust dogs to watch your food.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member comycus Posted September 25, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted September 25, 2010 You will have to check NSW for their parameters, Synthetic salt mix offers more constant parameters. Of course mixing the saltwater yourself also requires more effort. Feed less, add phosphate removing media like goodby po4 or rowaphos to control po4. Quote My old 3ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherman Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 What is your phosphate level? Tell us then we can decide which is a better solution to resolve your problem Quote 6.5 * 2 * 2 + 3.75 * 1.5 *1.5,(Decomn on 14/9/08) 4*2*2 + 2.5*1.25*1.25 (Decomn on 1/8/09) 5*2*2 (Fully LED light system, 140 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm) 2.5*2*2(Fully LED Light System,96 3 watt SSC leds with 60 degree lens)(Decomm) 5*2.5*2(LED only) Eheim return 1 * pump 1 HP Daikin compressor with cooling coil 2 Jebao OW40, 1 ecotech MP40, 1X6085 Tunze wm, 1 CURVE 7 Skimmer 1 DIY 80 led control by Bluefish mini 1 radion XR30W G2, 2 Radion XR15G3 Sump area lite by 5 ft T5 , 6 * SSC 3 watt red LED for refugium 1 Full spectrum E27 led light 1 CR control by bubble count Start No Water Change since 1st Dec 2016 Add new 2.5x2x 1.5 ft [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper1701 Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 it's around 1. Quote You can't trust dogs to watch your food.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member comycus Posted September 26, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted September 26, 2010 it's around 1. Bro care to elaborate what do you mean by 1? Normally anything more than 0.1ppm is considered very high and undesirable in our reef tanks. 1ppm!!?? It will be uninhabitable to anything u keep! Quote My old 3ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiee Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 top up your tank water with DI water. another source of high phosphate levels. i personally use salt water bought from the marine. cheaper overall, accounting for the costs of the salt mix and costs to DI tap water. less troublesome. i am now trying a system where i store 3 week's worth of salt water for changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaganesti Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Is it a new tank ? I suspect the phosphate might be due to the die offs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryz_ Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 1 is quite high leh... Do water change with DI water and run Rowaphos... And if you find rowaphos to expensive to run, can change to Goodbye P04 after the initial run of the rowaphos... Quote Member of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper1701 Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 ok. will try the Rowaphos. thanks! Quote You can't trust dogs to watch your food.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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