Can't bring down my phospates

[mrjoe]

so I have a tank that's about 1 1/2 years old... Phosphates have ALWAYS been an issue for me... I've tried everything I can but at this point I'm just gonna throw in the towel on controlling it... I have a 25 IM lagoon that I bought used with the rocks pictured.. I can't seem to get it down past .5... I sue instant ocean reef crystals... I feed tdo in the morning and ROE in the evening.. I try not to be heavy handed with feeding... I generally do a 20% water change every tow weeks which helps for awhile... So i'm thinking the only thing I can do at this point is to slowly replace the rock and try to get as many zoa's as I can on the new rock... thoughts???

thanks....

 

[Garf]

so I have a tank that's about 1 1/2 years old... Phosphates have ALWAYS been an issue for me... I've tried everything I can but at this point I'm just gonna throw in the towel on controlling it... I have a 25 IM lagoon that I bought used with the rocks pictured.. I can't seem to get it down past .5... I sue instant ocean reef crystals... I feed tdo in the morning and ROE in the evening.. I try not to be heavy handed with feeding... I generally do a 20% water change every tow weeks which helps for awhile... So i'm thinking the only thing I can do at this point is to slowly replace the rock and try to get as many zoa's as I can on the new rock... thoughts???

thanks....

Do you think it’s causing any problems at 0.5?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

if you started with dry white rocks, they might be the source that's leaching out phosphate. If this is the case, then the only solution IMO is rowaphos or something similar. It took me about 2.5 years to suck the all phosphate out of my tank.

 

[Miami Reef]

You can easily control it, but why would you want to? It’s not causing any issues. Zoanthids are perfect corals for high phosphate environments!


This incredible tank has phosphate between 0.6ppm-0.92ppm, and it’s been even higher in the past!

10/6 is where I started Lanth dosing again, with an empty auto feeder on the main display. 10/10 fed 80 g frozen foods. 10/11 was 14g feeding of coral with pellets. 10/12 I refilled auto feeder on main display.

FTS from 9/21, looks pretty much the same now.

FTS from the other morning with the backlight on

 

[fish farmer]

I used GFO sparingly in my 29 gallon to drop mine, but switched to chaeto in a sump. My levels were super high at 2ppm.

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

I’m changing the way I feed as I am certain this is my reason for needing to have multiple control methods (GFO, Fuge and Phosphate E). I’ve simply been putting frozen food in my feeder and letting it defrost and float out in the tank. I have started rinsing the heck out of it before I feed.

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

You can easily control it, but why would you want to? It’s not causing any issues. Zoanthids are perfect corals for high phosphate environments!


This incredible tank has phosphate between 0.6ppm-0.92ppm, and it’s been even higher in the past!

Gorgeous. When you feed frozen, do you defrost/rinse?

 

[Miami Reef]

Gorgeous. When you feed frozen, do you defrost/rinse?

That’s actually not my tank. It’s @Thales ‘!

 

[Thales]

Gorgeous. When you feed frozen, do you defrost/rinse?

Thanks. I do not rinse. I want the funk. Funk is food IMO.

 

[mrjoe]

Do you think it’s causing any problems at 0.5?

well my zoa's seem to stressed and not growing.. i'm also using AB+ for them...

 

[ryanjohn1]

Dose carbon

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

Do you dose Phyto at all? Are you saying it's .5 or .05? And is that PPM or Mg/L ?

 

[Thales]

well my zoa's seem to stressed and not growing.. i'm also using AB+ for them...

What else are you doing/adding?

 

[MrGisonni]

Rinse your food and use about a tablespoon and a half of rowaphos in a bag. Let it get good flow through it. Phosphates will be lowered within a week. Don't let them bottom out if you can help it.