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07/30/2019, 09:22 AM | #1 |
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not understanding phosphate usage
I have recently started dosing nitrate and phosphate because I dose vodka and nutrients where zero, so what I am seeing is, nitrate is not being used and phosphate is being used a lot, I will put in enough phosphate to get a reading of .047 and it is gone the next day, testing with hanna phosphorus ULR and doing the conversion. why is this happening?
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07/31/2019, 05:15 PM | #2 |
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There are a lot of possibilities. The phosphate might be going into growth, or it might be adsorbing onto the live rock or sand, for example. What is the nitrate level? Organisms generally consume a lot more nitrate than phosphate.
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The best solution of course is to just feed more. Aside from that, new live rock will grab a lot of phosphate for year or so.
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Have you stopped/slowed down your vodka dosing?
I giggle a bit seeing "I need to dose n/p because I'm dosing vodka"... and want to say "stop dosing vodka and let your nutrients come up naturally..
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I want to thank every one for there reply, for some reason I did not get the notices in my email that you guys replied. I have stop dosing vodka, and I am try to get some chaeto going. right now my tank is not using any phosphate or nitrates
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