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Originally Posted by nycbob the only thing i can think of is something in ur tank is leaking phosphate into the water. maybe a live rock? any inverts dying recently? What about this. I have playsand on the bottom of my DSB? The playsand said screen wash silicate free? Also a hermit or a snail...

Originally Posted by nycbob yes. any level above .25 will slow or stop the growth of corals. i dont think its the dsb. what is ur livestock list? LIVE STOCK: yellow tang blue jaw triigger yellow face goby bar goby green chromis 2 cinamin clowns hermit snails 2 shrimp brittle star zoas...

Originally Posted by gmann1139 Took an extra fish bagger, drilled a hole for the opening of an extra Rio PH I had lying around, along with 12 1/8" holes to let water and pods out. If I had to do it again, I would have drilled about 20 holes. Hung it on the edge of the tank, under the end of...

Originally Posted by Keebler If you are using pc lighting, then it could possibly be the bulbs causing the cyano, as sad at it is. Of course, the phosphates are an issue and should be resolved as well. That is why it is usually cheaper to get t5 or mh in the long run. Running 216 watt of...

Originally Posted by adesimone1 With cyano it could also be your lighting if your bulbs are older maybe they need to be replaced and how long are you running your lights. If the lights are kept off a little longer this will help get rid of the cyano. You can also try vodka or sugar dosing it...

Originally Posted by srfisher17 A reactor does help; but a media bag in the flow works fine on low levels. Phosban and almost all phos removers are nothing but ferric hydroxide and work very well, but they deplete quickly, usually two weeks max. I've started using SeaChem PhosGuard and find it...

Originally Posted by srfisher17 A reactor does help; but a media bag in the flow works fine on low levels. Phosban and almost all phos removers are nothing but ferric hydroxide and work very well, but they deplete quickly, usually two weeks max. I've started using SeaChem PhosGuard and find it...

Originally Posted by Stanlalee putting a good phophate media in the HOB would work much better and quicker than the cheato just because you cant fit much in there and cheato has to grow in order to work. ferric oxide starts working immediately and doesn't take much at all. I have been doing...

Originally Posted by Stanlalee oh mine must be outdated. what color is .25? mine goes from 0.0 rust color to light green for 0.5 0.0 is a light tint yellow .25 has a slight green tint 0.5 is more of a green color and 1.0 is a blue green.

Originally Posted by Keebler Well, it is likely that your phosphates are causing the cyano, but I have 0 phosphates because I run cheato and cyano is still present. This is because I have excess nutrients due to the fact that I am not currently running a skimmer. Anyway, contrary to popular...

what kinda of fish do you have? My blue jaw make a lot of noise with his mouth. I think he is spit water

does a higher temp have anthing to do with alage or cyano? Or gas exchange? temp 80-82

Originally Posted by Stanlalee 0.25-0.50 is not terrible unless you are keeping SPS. LPS and soft corals will grow and thrive fine in that. I would like to know how you are coming up with 0.25 since the API kit is scaled at 0.0 and goes straight to 0.5ppm. You need a test kit that reads finer...

Originally Posted by gmann1139 DSB = Deep Sand Bed. If you have a phosphate problem, my personal experience is that the best solution is a fuge. I built an in-tank that, with the help of the chaeto inside it, of course, cleared up my cyano/phosphate problem within a week. You could almost...

Originally Posted by nycbob yes. any level above .25 will slow or stop the growth of corals. i dont think its the dsb. what is ur livestock list? So do you think i am in a safe zone at .25? What else do you think im doing to get these phosphates?

I have a little bit in my tank and it seems tto receeds at nite time?

so what is the best way to get rid of it?

Also with the phosphates this high will this trigge coral retardation???

Originally Posted by nycbob hv u tested the ro water u got from the lfs for phosphate? phosphate has to come from somewhere; either water or the frozen food. i'd say its more likely the ro water, bc frozen food contain very little phosphate. u can always get cheato for ur fuge to absorb it. I...

For some odd reason i can not control my phosphates they hover between. .25-.50 on a API test. I use r/o water from LFS. Today i just bought some phosban. Hope that works! I had been using kent sponge no luck! In the process of high phosphates iam having cyano problem. I feed frozen food rinse...