Understanding Phosphate in the aquarium

[prattreef]

For all you test kit toting, obsessive solution testing fanatics out there this is a fantastic article to help clear up some confusions, and assuage some misplaced fears.

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

Note: prattreef= Randy BUT NOT Randy Holmes Farley

 

[greengny]

Thanks for posting Randy.

 

[KathyC]

That was quite interesting - thanks for posting it

 

[smoq]

Good read, thanks for sharing Randy!

 

[tomtoothdoc]

Note: prattreef= Randy BUT NOT Randy Holmes Farley

thanks randy....good read.

i will now stop feeding my fish all together....therefore no more phosphate introduction into the tank.....lol.


for those who may be confused between the two randy's.......


randy holmes-farley

our randy prattreef

 

[prattreef]

lol. I do hope folks take away the appropriate messages from this though-- ( and I know you were joking Tom)--- the answer is not to stop feeding your fish what they need, but to think about what you feed them and not to overstock your system which only requires that you feed more. The other takeaway is that ALOT of people are test crazy and often misinterpret the results driving themselves ( and the rest of us) nuts without cause.

 

[pecan2phat]

Hmmm, fire sale on my 58 fishes :scratchch

 

[prattreef]

Hmmm, fire sale on my 58 fishes :scratchch

Well Warren, being the wise, old, grizzly veteran that you are, you know how to deal with a heavy fish load.

 

[pecan2phat]

Bio-pellets takes care of my nitrates but does zilch for Po4. I found that the product Po4x4 will remove 10x as much Po4 then GFO but gets saturated pretty quickly and becomes expensive to regenerate with the amount that I use. So in one of my systems, Po4 stays at a healthy 2.75 ppm

 

[irvp13]

nIce article. put things into perspective

 

[tomtoothdoc]

So in one of my systems, Po4 stays at a healthy 2.75 ppm

Ah I see someone else also have another powlr system.....
"phosphate only with live rock"....so I'm not the only one..... hahaha

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

This is a great article