I love phosphates

[i have crabs]

Aparrently I love phosphates so much I've been dumping them in my tank everytime I feed the fish, did a small test with some pellets in a cup if water stirred them up for a min and I've never seen a phosphate test turn so blue, new life was pretty bad and new era was even worse, I feed pretty heavy with them too but I guess it's time to stop being lazy and go back to rinsed mysis,pretty annoyed with myself fighting algae problems for a while now

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You should test the mysis water. I have never bothered rinsing and just add directly to tank water

[Myka]

Originally Posted by i have crabs

Aparrently I love phosphates so much I've been dumping them in my tank everytime I feed the fish

This is totally normal.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/3/chemistry

[i have crabs]

Frozen food is bad too but once you rinse it out a few times its ok, i normally rince out large ammounts and refreeze it in icecubes with some coralfood and stuff to feed the tank at the same time, im not really suprized that the pellets are so bad but im angry at myself for not checking and basicly dumping in fertalizer everyday.