helpwithphosphates

[clarence miller]

i went to the lfs to get my water tested and my phosphates where off the chart how do i lower them without hurting my corals it seem like when i upgraded the lights on the tank thats when it happen i have all this red slim all over and 100s of air bubbles to also what is a refugium i heard this can help can i build one or do you have to buy one and info will help alot thanks

 

[cliffrouse11bas]

Do you use tap water???My phosphates were high then I started using RO water from wal-mart. Algae has been alot better since then. Setting up a refugium will help with what I understand. I dont have one yet. You can buy or build there is some interesting pics that danrw84 built looks nice... For the phosphates you can throw in some phossponge from kent marine. That will help some...