Help !

[DaveW]

I just done a 50% water change and dosed the tank with po4 & no3. Porblem being is that I got the dose WRONG! The phophate is at 5ppm. Do I do another water change now, tomorrow or when?
Please help!

 

[iggy01]

How much phosphate have you added to the tank? You say it's a 5ppm. Is that the highest reading your test kit goes up to?

5ppm of PO4 isn't going to harm your fish. My tap water comes in between 4-5 ppm PO4 and my fish don't have any problems. However, if you think the phosphate level could be a lot higher than this, you could do another water change now.

Good luck!

 

[DaveW]

The level was a little high than 5, more like 6-7(test kit goes up to 20). I've done a 50% water change and it's down to 3-3.5. I'm concerned that I will get an algae bloom as the fish are fine. I'll give it a couple of days and see what it is then.

 

[iggy01]

At least you won't have to add any more PO4 this week!

 

[DaveW]

At least you won't have to add any more PO4 this week!

This is true!
And a lesson learnt.