My PO4 went from testing zero on redsea and tropic marin kits to 3.0 in 3 days.
It was reading zero on Sunday. I did a water change last night and tested this evening and it’s at 3.0.
24 gallon aio, nitrates are low at 2 ppm, ammonia is zero. I had an oops with a live phytoplankton spill while trying to pour 5cc. Maybe 20-25 cc spilled in.
Would that raise it so much so quickly?
Two small fish (gramma and firefish) 5 nassarius snails and one yellow lipped conch are the only tank inhabitants other than baby corals and a large whip gorgonian. Copepod population has exploded in the past 48 hours. I feed about an 8th of a cube of brine or mysis a day. Dose Reef energy about 3 days a week. (Ive been doing this for a month with no effect on PO4.). I tested today planning to start dosing PO4 because it always read zero. I know live phyto will elevate PO4. Just wanting to make sure that’s the culprit and ask if this will resolve with water changes or if I need to start with removal agents.
Thanks
Edit: so here is what actually happened. I was washing testing supplies when my mom fell ( she’s okay) my husband kindly put my things away for me. He didn’t know where I’d left off in the process and my guess is he didn’t rinse well. I washed and rinsed everything earlier and decided this just didn’t seem possible so tested again. My guess is that either the syringe, the vial or both were contaminated by phosphates from the soapy water and not properly rinsed by my helpful hubby. I ordered a Hannah for PO4 tonight. Lol
It was reading zero on Sunday. I did a water change last night and tested this evening and it’s at 3.0.
24 gallon aio, nitrates are low at 2 ppm, ammonia is zero. I had an oops with a live phytoplankton spill while trying to pour 5cc. Maybe 20-25 cc spilled in.
Would that raise it so much so quickly?
Two small fish (gramma and firefish) 5 nassarius snails and one yellow lipped conch are the only tank inhabitants other than baby corals and a large whip gorgonian. Copepod population has exploded in the past 48 hours. I feed about an 8th of a cube of brine or mysis a day. Dose Reef energy about 3 days a week. (Ive been doing this for a month with no effect on PO4.). I tested today planning to start dosing PO4 because it always read zero. I know live phyto will elevate PO4. Just wanting to make sure that’s the culprit and ask if this will resolve with water changes or if I need to start with removal agents.
Thanks
Edit: so here is what actually happened. I was washing testing supplies when my mom fell ( she’s okay) my husband kindly put my things away for me. He didn’t know where I’d left off in the process and my guess is he didn’t rinse well. I washed and rinsed everything earlier and decided this just didn’t seem possible so tested again. My guess is that either the syringe, the vial or both were contaminated by phosphates from the soapy water and not properly rinsed by my helpful hubby. I ordered a Hannah for PO4 tonight. Lol
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