hooked82
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So CurtSwearing suggest I open a new thread to help deal with my high phosphates. Here's my tank info just to get that out of the way. It's a 125g tank with a 30 gallon fuge and 25 gallon sump. For lighting I've got 250w 14K MH's, with brand new bulbs. Only 2 of the 3 are running at the moment as I need another ballast but thats neither here nor there. I am also running an ETSS 800 skimmer to pull out the crud. My overflows dump into a filter sock that I'm replacing every 3-4 days. I've got about 1000~1100gph through my return and I have 2 MJ1200's modded for a total of about 5000gph of flow. The only fish are a yellow tang and a purple tang, and a good sized cleanup crew that has yet to earn their keep yet
The tank is only a month and a half old so I am expecting algae blooms and I can deal with it. Theres about 200lbs. of LR that came from the same tank of about 5 years old. I am using new sand that was seeded from random tanks. I'm thinking that the rock could be holding a good amount of phosphates so I'm not ruling that out. I doing a 20gallon water change tonight, and plan on doing a larger one this weekend.
My makeup water container is a trash can that I've been using for a few months. I am going to replace it as I'm sure this has a little to do with the phosphates leaching from the plastic as suggested in another thread.
Here's my water params: (All tests were with my salifert kits)
pH:8.2
kH:8.3
Alk:2.97
CA:495
Ammonia:0
Nitrites:0
Nitrates:0
PO4:2.7(Yeah I know)
Tap Water TDS: 56
RO/DI Water TDS: 0
Oh, I have a TLF Phosban Reactor on the way, as well as some Seachem GAC to help clear the water.
So my question is, I know I have a phosphate problem, but what are some ideas on why it is so high?
The tank is only a month and a half old so I am expecting algae blooms and I can deal with it. Theres about 200lbs. of LR that came from the same tank of about 5 years old. I am using new sand that was seeded from random tanks. I'm thinking that the rock could be holding a good amount of phosphates so I'm not ruling that out. I doing a 20gallon water change tonight, and plan on doing a larger one this weekend.
My makeup water container is a trash can that I've been using for a few months. I am going to replace it as I'm sure this has a little to do with the phosphates leaching from the plastic as suggested in another thread.
Here's my water params: (All tests were with my salifert kits)
pH:8.2
kH:8.3
Alk:2.97
CA:495
Ammonia:0
Nitrites:0
Nitrates:0
PO4:2.7(Yeah I know)
Tap Water TDS: 56
RO/DI Water TDS: 0
Oh, I have a TLF Phosban Reactor on the way, as well as some Seachem GAC to help clear the water.
So my question is, I know I have a phosphate problem, but what are some ideas on why it is so high?
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