Reef2reef Phosphate Level

Not one spec of algae in those tanks. Well anything beyond softies.

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Hi I am wondering what is your phosphate level especially if you have SPS and a lot of fish.

Reef2reef phosphate level. What is your method to bring down the level GFO feeding carefully. Get some cool swag and chances to win part of over 20000 in prizes. However if you want to keep SPS or LPS the standard phosphate level to shoot for is 003.

Yes much too high if you plan to keep coral. About a capful next to my skimmer. Ive always enjoyed reading up on the monthly winners as I was always curious as to how others have been successful with their reef tanks and it gave me a level of success to aim for with my own tank journey.

First off I just wanted to say Im honored to have been nominated for Reef2Reef Tank of the Month. What do you keep your phosphate levels at. My tank is about 300 gallons and Im dosing seaklear pool phosphate.

Absent of specific efforts to minimize the phosphate level it will typically accumulate and rise in reef aquaria. That seems to be a good level so that corals stay nourished algae is kept at a manageable or unnoticeable level and dinos dont explode which happens at very low nutrient levels. The optimal phosphate level especially for reef tanks is an immeasurable one or zero with 005 ppm-mgl being acceptable and an upper level of 01 ppm cited as well.

I have been following R2R on Facebook and I have been learning a lot. Anything under 10-14x will be great. My tank has been running since the end of March but was cycled for 6 months before that.

Theres a big range of opinions regarding ideal nutrient levels for a reef tank but the targets I try to achieve are 01 ppm for PO4 and 5-10 ppm NO3. I was nervous as my phosphates went past the Hanna checker 2PPM max but my acros still looked so healthy and were growing. Over 20x is when you see less growth.

Is it true that phosphate level 01 ppm would help your corals and avoid Dino algae together with 10ppm nitrate. To bring levels down you could use something like a phosphate removal. After a few weeks of testing at the 2PPM max I bought a Salifert phosphate testing kit and Im around 1 PPM now.

Different question are you guys keep. They have all sorts of corals and fish in these massive tanks. As Chris04 points out 01-03 are ideal phosphate levels for an SPS dominated system.

This high level will most likely not affect any fish. My corals and livestock still look healthy and are. Current reefs real world reefs that are maintaining very fast growth have an NP of 4-5x.

Having a good reliable phosphate test kit is important. Its less about your absolute phosphate level and more about your NP ratio. For a Limited Time the R2R Partner Membership is NOW OPEN.

How do they keep their phosphates low. FINS recommends Hach and LaMotte brands as being good choices. My lfs used to do free water testing and would just say ya it looks good.

It clouds the water for about an hour or two but Im still getting an algae film. In saying that I am fairly new to the hobby. Typical ocean surface phosphate concentrations are very low by reefkeeping standards sometimes as low as 0005 ppm.

It all depends on what kind of system you have.

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