How to lower phosphate in 150 gal tank with 55 gal sump

[mqur1963]

Guy's my phosphate is around .40 how can i keep it lower then .25 should i take charcole out. And feed my fish twice a day . Ibeen feeding 3 times a day but very little within 1 min every thing is gone
i do have lot's of rock and soft coral

 

[jadakiss]

1. do u have a rodi
2. do u have a phosban reactor
3.y not feed m-f once a day that should help.

 

[batt600]

1. Do u have a rodi
2. Do u have a phosban reactor
3.y not feed m-f once a day that should help.

+1

 

[jadakiss]

:hb2:

 

[tosiek]

Do more water changes with RO/DI untill its almost 0.000, Run phosban in a reactor if your not and feed less unless you have demanding fish like anthias. Your tank should be able to handle 2 larger feedings a day without that much Po4 in your tank so something else is wrong. Also, there is no reason to remove Carbon unless its not phosphate free.

Also, if you have detritus buildup in your sump or low flow areas of your tank its a good idea to siphon it out and keep that out of your tank whenever you can. Its wasting away creating Po4 as well.

Theres a bunch of methods to reduce Po4 here on the site, do a search.

 

[firenze00]

the most natural approach would be to put macro algae in your sump. If its a 50g sump just put a whole bunch in there and let it grow, that should take care of the phosphate problem.

 

[mqur1963]

well soon i will post my picture and what i have iam new to saltwater hobby

 

[mqur1963]

i have 3 angel fish one imperator angel 5" and to coral beauty with puple tang 4"and hoopa (dory) 5 inch yellow tang 3 inch tang 4 clown fish klarki and tomato 2 each. over 150 snails and 8 turbo snail. with 300 gal proteen skimer and phosphate reactor with phosbean and 1250 gal /h pump and 1150 g/ph wave maker and 2 power head 295 gph and 400 gph that is enugh with a canuster filter 265 gph for emerg .incase some thing goes wrong lots of rubble rock and live rock total 15to 200 lb.

 

[mqur1963]

plus i forgot i ahve denitrator 300 gal tank capacity and 25 red seading mangrove plant and micro alge about 4 basebal size.

 

[mqur1963]

yes ihave 5 stage ro unit 150 gal per day

 

[tynman]

Well first make sure you have a good phos test kit. I use the new hanna phos meter and it seems to be working. But I use chemi pure elite, rowa phos media, and the phos removing green filter pad. And that seems to work for me very well but I also do water changes or 20% every 2 weeks. I feed 3 times a day and every second day I hang the dry sea weed on the glass for the tangs to eat.. But this is what works for me like I found out what works for me might not work for other. Good luck

 

[mqur1963]

any help from memeber i realy need good advice

 

[mqur1963]

i need good and complete advise