Phosphates in SPS tank???

Discussion in 'Water Chemistry' started by aquariaman, Dec 17, 2010.

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  1. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    phosphate gets in the way of you coral skeletal growth.
     
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  3. swinkreptiles

    swinkreptiles Melanarus Wrasse

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    Be careful when killing the algae....IME killing too much of it off at once can raise your nitrates and ph just as bad. :-/
     
  4. aquariaman

    aquariaman Pajama Cardinal

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    I am going to go check my phosphates right now. I have the API so it is kind of my best bet cause it goes by every .25 incruments.
     
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    aquariaman Pajama Cardinal

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    Well, they are arriving tomorrow and i still have .15 phosphate in my tank. What should i do? BTW These corals will be aquacultured if that effects anything? The PhosGuard is still in there and i used all of it. I will not have any time to go to the fish store either. Any suggestions for what i should do?
     
  6. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    The frags will be fine until the next time you make it to the fish store....it's not going to poison the corals. The colors may brown out a little but as soon as the phosphates go back down, they'll color back up again.
     
  7. aquariaman

    aquariaman Pajama Cardinal

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    Thank you sooooo much!!!!! You just helped me a ton!! :) This time i am going to buy PhosBan cause i have heard a lot better things from it!
     
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  9. inwall75

    inwall75 Giant Squid

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    If it's run in a phosban reactor, this is true. If you just put it in a media bag in your sump, it will turn into a rock. To prevent this, you will need to break this rock apart every 4 or 5 days. In a reactor, it never turns into a rock.
     
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    aquariaman Pajama Cardinal

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    Thanks you telling me that! So do i ever have to change it out?
     
  11. inwall75

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    In most tanks, about once per month