Originally Posted by Stanlalee
cheato takes care of it for me. the fact you have cheato and its still that high would really concern me. is there still room in your sump for the cheato to grow? perhaps it needs to be trimmed down so more can grow and absorb the nutrients.I have alot of room to grow. the fuge is two months old. I have a 50/50 65w pc light and my new 67000k bulb should at the lfs tomorow, I also added two ph last week to give me the right flow
if you run carbon its known to contain phophates and if left in the tank past its usefullness may seep phosphates into the water.How long dose carbon normaly last , mine is about 3 weeks old pluss I have two leathers
frozen foods has been known to be high in phospate. rinsing is suppose to help. prepared food sometimes has phospate content labeled. But it could be the amount of food or just the food itself high in phospates.I don't think I am over feeding but I don't rince the food out, ill start
Not saying it those or not just some things that came to mind as that phospate level is pretty darn high (actually I dont know if its considered high for FOWLR but for a reef tank thats well beyond safe for corals).
thanks for the heads up i'll start to take care of that, do you think that could be my problem with the algea bloom?
