Today I tested the water again and am very happy with the results!
Nitrates - 5-10 (This is easily a reduction of 75 ppm)
Phosphates - 0.25 (maybe a bit less & not far from the source water)
Ph - 7.9 (a bit low but there is no light/photosynthesis in the bucket)
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All water samples were taken from the return hose and not the bucket of water. If the Nitrates are just dropping now from the
massive 100 and I'm sitting at 5-10 I am very happy. I'll give it another few days and we will see where things are at.
I hope that when I check it again Nitrates are a Zero from the return line and the bucket. The phosphates are easily correctable with Rowaphos & the Ph I can correct with some buffer.
Lets wait and see........