So the new 180 is cycling away and ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate are at 0. My phosphates are high. I added GFO today and have already seen a drop. The snails in there are fine but I was thinking about adding some other CUC and a couple of tangs to get the hair algae. It's been cycling for a month but I've never had phosphates this high. They were 1.06 on Friday but today were .25 on a Hanna checker. I am going to check again tomorrow.
Phosphate how much is too much?
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phosphates dont affect the livestock quite as badly as the others, as it is kind of an end point in that stage. It will however get absorbed by the rocks and substrates and will feed the next stage in the "full" cycle. Honestly I would just let the phosphates come down on their own. IMO if you let the rocks build up now, you will be better off in the end and the rock will be that much better at filtration.
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Bdk1786;361738 said:
.3 or .03? I have been struggling with my P04 for some time now and as of yesterday, it has been at .16 with Red Sea Pro kit. I have been slowly losing my 18+head frog spawn 