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saltwatersteve
09-06-2005, 10:23 PM
My phosphate is out of control I need to know how to lower it is up to 5.0 mg/ L
I have already tried green-X which is supposed to remove it never worked, so please any help would be awsome,
Thanks,
Steve
scary gary
09-06-2005, 11:16 PM
Some off these product will help to keep things under control but will not help once out of control. I would do a major water change. 50% at least. High phos. is usually a sign of over feeding. Once you have the levels down you can use phosban or similer product to help keep it down. People think I'm nuts but all my water changes are at least 50%
Tang
09-07-2005, 08:28 AM
I agree with Gary, hit your system with a 50% water change to help reduce levels quickly. After that, try to do small water changes more often. ReefCentral has a neat tool to show how long it would take to change your water over.


http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/RODICalc.php

Jamie
shawn lipon
09-07-2005, 09:12 AM
Dosing kalk will percipitate the phosphate,or try a resin like phosban,etc, what type of food do you use?overfeeding and lack of waterchanges is most likely the problem.
saltwatersteve
09-07-2005, 01:23 PM
I feed mysis and brine shrimp nothing else and i do a 5 gallon water change every week so i don't understand why that dosent work but i will do the 50% water change like you guys said and see how that works out,

Thanks,
Steve
Invigor
09-07-2005, 04:11 PM
I feed mysis and brine shrimp nothing else and i do a 5 gallon water change every week so i don't understand why that dosent work but i will do the 50% water change like you guys said and see how that works out,

Thanks,
Steve

do you syphon your gravel during your changes?
scary gary
09-07-2005, 09:01 PM
He has sugar sand, which dosen't help the problem. I've had more problems with that suger sand than I ever did with my crushed coral tanks.
saltwatersteve
09-12-2005, 06:28 PM
to let u all know phosphate is back under control the 50% water change worked awsome thanks fot your ideas
thanks
Steve
Caelan
09-13-2005, 04:52 PM
I have sugar sand also. We used Purigen, charcoal and a series of 20% water changes and it's all good. Cut your feeding back a little too.