Phosphates
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Topic: Phosphates
Posted By: darwin0wal
Subject: Phosphates
Date Posted: February 15 2011 at 4:31pm
| Hi, I'm trying to get my coralline algae to start spreading more rapidly. My tank is about 8 months old and was in good shape but I had some frustration with it because I had tests that were giving me false positives (on ammonia and nitrites) so I somewhat gave up on it for several months. Now I am taking care of it again and I noticed I haven't had any new coralline algae growth since gaining interest again. I was using an old canister filter to run water through phosphate absorber (rowa phos) but my canister filter finally died and the rowa phos is quite expensive. I am wondering if phosphates are the likely culprit, and if so, what is a good, inexpensive way to handle high phosphates? Thanks in advance for any help!! |
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Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: February 15 2011 at 4:51pm
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It's very unlikely that PO4 is a problem. It's actually less of a problem than most hobbyists think. So that we may give good advice, please tell us some things about the tank such as: size filtration lighting water flow Alk, Ca and Mg levels ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: davser
Date Posted: February 15 2011 at 7:18pm
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if you turn off your filtration and scrub the coraline algae with something like a razor blade it will sprear faster ------------- It's not about what you know but about who you know |