bgcook
05/08/2007, 10:00 AM
do commercial foods contain alot of phosphates (i know some do, but i didn't think the ones i use do). i feed my fish formula one pellets and sprung algae sheets. my snowflake gets silverslides (3-4 days) and i feed my corals about once a week a mixture of blended produce (squid, shrimp and clams) with phytoplankton and cyclopeeze. my phosphates continue to be elevated at around 0.75 and 1.0. i occassionaly treat the tank with blueline phosphate removal, which appears to work well without ill effects on inhabitants. i currently do not run any phosphate media, but i am considering it.
despite this, my corals (lps, sps, shrooms, clams etc.) continue to have good growth and color. i feel if i can get this problem under control, it may be even better. or perhaps, like the TOTM, i should just maintain alk/ca. sometimes it seems testing tanks so much just gives me something to obsess over. if things look good, perhaps thats good enough.
any suggestions would be appreciated.
thanks
greg
despite this, my corals (lps, sps, shrooms, clams etc.) continue to have good growth and color. i feel if i can get this problem under control, it may be even better. or perhaps, like the TOTM, i should just maintain alk/ca. sometimes it seems testing tanks so much just gives me something to obsess over. if things look good, perhaps thats good enough.
any suggestions would be appreciated.
thanks
greg