How to Lower Phosphates in a Reef Tank: Mastering Nutrient Control
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- mdshop.us/Phos... Phosphate has always been a hot topic with reef keepers. It's in our tap water. It's in fish and invert food.
Phosphate gets the blame for algae problems. Some say it even hurts corals.
When starting out, you'll find a lot confusing information on the web. But don’t worry!
We'll break it down and tell you everything you need to know about phosphate and how to control it in your aquarium.
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As an experienced reefer, I find myself back at the beginning sometimes. Thanks guys.
I like the fact that You aren’t yelling like I see in Your competitors videos. (although they are good, too).
This made me actually lol
Good people, good service and great customer care and concern .
thank you beyond all other advice. This has at this moment of thousands of thousands of dollars trying to understand and now it makes sense
That floating algae scrubber is legit. Bubbler and the light.. dang
Good job! Like most things in reefkeeping it’s a multifactoral cause and approach. Things develop gradually and in most cases should be treated if even needed gradually.
Yes, many times it is not a black and white answer or solution. Thanks for watching!
That was a great video everything was covered. Well done, I have a Turf Scrubber that is just starting out, its been pretty effective so far.
The animation of the fish pooping was awesome!
Good to know that Eric Koston now has his own fish-keeping business
Hey Marine Depot. I like this new guy, he's cool.
Brilliant video, great information, your detail explanation is much appreciated, thanks 👍
Good video man. One way to reduce phosphates when feeding if you feed frozen is after its thawed to drain the excess water and only feed the solid food. Another very good solution for immediate phosphate reduction is Phosphat-E by Brightwell Aquatics. I use that & Brightwell PO4 cubes in conjunction with macro algae in a refugium and have very good success keeping Phosphates at or around 0.05 ppm. I'm not a big fan of the GFO because it's strips out more than just phosphates. It will remove trace minerals from the water column as well and it's tuff to tell which ones without accurate testing making dosing of them not very straight forward.
Thanks for the tips! We appreciate it.
I can't see myself spending lots of money on reducing my PO4. I am around .35-.4 and corals are looking amazing. It seems like the times I have tried to lower them it stresses the corals out worse than just leaving things alone aside from water changes and growing macro algae.
This sounds about right, stability is the key. If your tank and corals look healthy, stick with it.
-Robert @ MD
Great vid! Thanks for the info!
Good video, thank you. Valuable information. I discovered a low presence of nitrate, and very very low phosphate actually does my tanks good. The struggle is real however, and with due diligence testing, minor parameter numbers are monitored. I dont chase numbers-i gave up on that, as itll drive ya NUTS! Rather, I strive to maintain acceptable LOW levels, and even then the levels fluctuate. I like to give a tank a year before I deem it as not only cycled, but stable. The key is patience.
Great job on explanation. What about zero phosphate on hanner ppm and salifert test kits, dosing phosphates, but still reading zero, there is a small amount of algae in the tank. If the answer is yes, you have phosphates, then how to test it if it's being consumed by algae quicker than we can test for? This is very frustrating
It depends on where u live, I dont even use RODI. Just Seachem Prime/Safe. I have a SPS dominated tank for 3 years.
Très instructif, merci ...
What I needed to know and need to know currently is how long to leave The phos -sorb in my tank to lower Phosphates. Plz. N thank you
Very informative on the chemistry, biological factors and water specific for your tank and inhabitants. I think this is one of the more factual based talking apples to apples! I have seen other post ( not named ) refer this as ( dkh ) 7.3 - 8.5 s.m.h. as phosphates! Thank you r.o.d.i. only! One 150 and just started two 400 gallon. A hard labor of love time and maintenance, as my friend's do not see often this part! The best lifestyle never give up the satisfaction comes when people are amazed by the Beautiful wave's of coral and fish! Not a goldfish bowl. Seen many fail no matter your advise 18 year's never give up!!! You need phosphate in small amounts stimulating grows and health other biological positive for phytoplankton for consumption for coral and copiods.
Loved the video!! Thanks for the info!!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks...
I already put phosguard in my canister but the hair algae decided otherwise :/ I did close my protein skimmer for weeks cuz I heard that they'll starve coral in smaller tanks...Guess I'm paying the price for that :( So here I am getting a hang on back breeder box and some Chaetomorpha. I hope it'll work.
This video a whole phosphate remover that all reefer's need to know 👍🏻
Thank you for your support!
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I have the Hannah one it’s ulr and says it’s 0.90.
Great info guys!! 😊👍🏽
ULR Phosphorus checker only goes up to 0.6
Thanks for watching. Hanna Instruments has actually made a change with the ULR Phosphate Checker. The unit originally was providing readings in PPB which is no longer available at Marine Depot. The new ULR Phosphate Checker measures in PPM up to 0.9 PPM. You can check it out below!
hannainst.com/phosphate-ultra-low-range-colorimeter-checkerr-hc-hi774.html
-Robert @ MD
Marine Depot Aquarium Supplies 🙏 Thanks, I did not know this.
What is the best GFO to use?
I don't have any algea my phosphate is darkest colour on a salifert my kh is 9.5 to 10.5 after a water change y don't I have loads of algea oh nitrates 15 to 20 on saliferts
Well I have stocked sps and acros there growing like crazy my nitrates are now 2ppm and po4 is 0.13 I too scared too change my gfo over Incase it strips I have got everything down using aquaforest np pro and probiotic s turns the nitrates and phosphorus into food for corals wen po4 goes to 0.25 I stop feeding corals I feed live Napoli for a mandrin and royal grama not getting a Hanna check er don't want chase numbers
Please do a "how to lower nitrates" video 😀😀😀
Your in luck, we have it in production now.
@@BulkReefSupply my phosphate are very very low and my nitrates are reading somewhere in between 20 and 40 ppm. It started to rise when I started reefroids.
I used the Hanna ULR phosphate and it showed 0.12 and I’m having issues keeping lps is this the reason? I have tested all other parameters and they seem to be in acceptable ranges, I have major algae issues and the only things doing good in my tank are all my zoanthids and palys
High phosphate levels can negatively impact your LPS and, it is most likely the root cause of the algae in your aquarium.
Robert, Robert, Robert...
Lost all credibility when he took out the API
Is it just me or the hoat is hard to understand?
It’s just you