Cheapest But Efficiant Phosphate Remover

[ben1987]

Is your phospahtes 0.01-0.025? as ideally they should be kept below 0.03

nitrates will be fine at that level for softies.

 

[AdAndrews]

Is your phospahtes 0.01-0.025? as ideally they should be kept below 0.03

nitrates will be fine at that level for softies.

nah mate, its 0.1-0.25(im too in decisive to pick which one), i guess some removing will have to be done then, will phosban fix this up, or are these levels high? i know the kit goes like up to way more than i am reading atm.

good news on the nitrate then, i expect this figure to go down due to the introduction of live rock, and also seen as ive only been using RO water for a week.

thanks

 

[ben1987]

id have thought you would be ok with that phosphate too tbh. running a remover will keep it a bit lower. Softies are really hardy. phosphates do slow growth down though.
whats your feeding regime like? as some foods are sky high with phosphates

 

[AdAndrews]

id have thought you would be ok with that phosphate too tbh. running a remover will keep it a bit lower. Softies are really hardy. phosphates do slow growth down though.
whats your feeding regime like? as some foods are sky high with phosphates

i feed once a day:

puffer:

pest freshwater snails,
frozen bloodworm(defrosted out of tank and liquid thrown away)
krill
frozen peas
earthworms

clowns:
tetra marine flake
frozen brine shrimp(prep'd same as bloodworm)
frozen bloodworm.

should mention that its only 1 of them things per day, not all during one feed lol

is that good?

thanks

 

[ben1987]

sounds fine to me tbh, i was thinking that you may have been feedign frozen direct and not throwing the waste away.