phos. level high

[imdaring]

what would be the fastest way to get my Phos. levels down they are at 2.5
doing a 15 gal water change tonight after the kids are in bed,

 

[Smitty]

A water change will be the fastest way to get them down...

 

[VAreef]

yeah you gonna need to do some water changes. How did they get that high though?

 

[imdaring]

??? I think its because I had a algea scrubber set up and about 2 months ago my pump for it quit so I just pulled it out for now because I'm setting up a new 90 gal tank in about 3 weeks and I didn't want to buy another pump that I wouln't use again, the one I have for the new tank was to big and it was spraying water all over ... so I think when the scrubber was up and running all the phos. were sucked up in that

 

[imdaring]

does phosban work or is it a waste of money

 

[Smitty]

Or else, you can try chemi-pure "elite". That's what I use on my tank, and it does great. Keeps all my levels undetectable.

 

[Bifferwine]

Phosban or ChemiPure would work. If you are not using RODI water, you can introduce phosphates that way. Tap water and well water often contain high phosphates. Water changes with RODI water is the fastest way to get them down, but then you'll have to figure out what made them get so high in the first place, and fix that.

 

[imdaring]

I can use that with RODI Water

Or else, you can try chemi-pure "elite". That's what I use on my tank, and it does great. Keeps all my levels undetectable.

 

[VAreef]

Iron Oxide Hydroxide (GFO) Phosphate Binders by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

This is an article about GFO. or Phosban. And yep taking away the algae scrubber coulda definitly done it.

 

[imdaring]

never had a problem B/4 I think its because of removing the algea scrubber

 

[imdaring]

OK well I just tested the RODI water and its not that so it has to be from removing the scrubber

 

[VAreef]

Do you have a fuge set up with macro algae in it? Thats also essentially an algae scrubber.

 

[Bifferwine]

Yep, algae will consume phosphates, so removing your scrubber meant that you removed that algae that up until now, has been removing the phosphates from your system.

 

[imdaring]

I DO HAVE A FUGE BUT NO MICRO JUST FINISHED THE 15 GAL WATER CHANGE, I'M KINDA STUCK TILL WE MOVE INTO THE HOUSE NO SPACE RIGHT NOW SHOULD i PICK UP A BUNCH OF MICRO OR SHOULD I JUST KEEP DOING WATER CHANGES TILL THE MOVE

 

[daugherty]

get some GFO from bulkreefsupply and run that it will help alot

 

[sen5241b]

what would be the fastest way to get my Phos. levels down they are at 2.5
doing a 15 gal water change tonight after the kids are in bed,

I'd do a 50% change. Most of the beneficial bacteria is in the rocks and sand so it will not cause a cycle.

 

[imdaring]

did a 15 gal water change last night , went and got a chunk of the dence micro algea and tossed it in the display tank because I have no lights set up right now in the sump, tested the PO4 =1.0 so it dropped 1.5ppm and I also tested nitrate and it has dropped, from 20-10

the clam was out a little but is back in the shell again

 

[sen5241b]

Cheato has kept my phosphates at zero. I don't even do phosphate tests. I just watch my plate coral --if he looks a bit bad I know my phosphates are rising.