Rising po4

[Koleswrath]

*edit:
I said inorganic twice. Meant organic the second time. Organic phosphate is bound within organisms or organic compounds and isn't free in the water column for algae, gfo, etc.

[Proteus]

So I did a 25% WC and this brought po4 down to .08
That was yesterday. I check today and again it's back up to .16.
I cleaned out my reactor full of hydroton and am preparing another WC.

Why does the phosphate keep rising.

I have three fish, no sand blow off rocks 2x a week and employ prodibio.

[wreck]

hmm thats weird tagging along

[Koleswrath]

With the low bioload I'd be looking at your rock/sand. Moving the rock may have opened some new areas to increased flow which could now be purging. Prodibio might need some time to catch up.
Greg

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by Koleswrath

With the low bioload I'd be looking at your rock/sand. Moving the rock may have opened some new areas to increased flow which could now be purging. Prodibio might need some time to catch up.
Greg

No sand but yes I did move rocks. Also blaming aquavitro fuel. Lol

[asylumdown]

Aquavitro fuel - their website says that it's a vitamin, amino acid, carbohydrate, vitamin and trace element supplement. This is going back to first year organic chem, but I didn't think phosphorous was a significant component of any of those molecules, they're predominantly made of H, O, C, N, and S. Though I suppose 'trace elements' leaves the door wide open for just about anything to be in there.

Unless there's something else in that product with phosphorous in it, I wouldn't suspect it would be the culprit.

[Proteus]

Fuel has a substantial amount of cholera(bad spelling) when it breaks down and is not skimmed out would this not turn into po4

Good read on phosphates
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-09/rhf/

[Proteus]

Finally

After cleaning the reactor and another WC. Along with another shot of prodibio and coral snow. I am back down to .02.

It's amazing how fast my garf lost color now to get it back