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I found Nemo
I bought a posphate test kit today and did a little testing. I was kinda shocked and dissapointed with some of the test results. first, I tested my trusty distilled water from wal-mart. It had a trace of phos, but not much. It made a slight color change, but not quite .25 which is the lowest amount on the kit. so we will just say less than .25
second, I tested my tank water. It tested 0. which I figured it would since I'm running chaeto, with the fuge lit 24/7 and it's using up some pohsphates.
third I tested my carbon, which is the fluval carbon thats allready in the mesh bags. now this is where my dissapointment came in. I soaked it in bowl full of ro water for 15 minutes. then tested the water. it was over .50! that would explain why I started getting some algae outbreaks in the last month and a half. which is when i started using the fluval carbon.
oh, and my tap was only .25. not bad considering I have been pumping twice that amount in my tank from the carbon.
so now i'm running some phos-zorb. and hopefully my recent algae outbreaks will be a thing of the past.
second, I tested my tank water. It tested 0. which I figured it would since I'm running chaeto, with the fuge lit 24/7 and it's using up some pohsphates.
third I tested my carbon, which is the fluval carbon thats allready in the mesh bags. now this is where my dissapointment came in. I soaked it in bowl full of ro water for 15 minutes. then tested the water. it was over .50! that would explain why I started getting some algae outbreaks in the last month and a half. which is when i started using the fluval carbon.
oh, and my tap was only .25. not bad considering I have been pumping twice that amount in my tank from the carbon.
so now i'm running some phos-zorb. and hopefully my recent algae outbreaks will be a thing of the past.