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Forum: FOWLR 05-24-2015, 06:42 PM
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Posted By whistlerskipro
what went wrong

So after 48hrs of blanketing my tank, phosphates down from 2.5 to .25.
Ammonia, nitrates nitrites remain unchanged at 0
PH 8.1

I was lucky enough to be given another 20lbs of live rock bringing...
Forum: FOWLR 05-23-2015, 12:47 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,994
Posted By whistlerskipro
Question what went wrong

So Tim are you saying I can leave the dead coral (base rock) in the tank if I use that product?
Forum: FOWLR 05-23-2015, 12:42 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,994
Posted By whistlerskipro
what went wrong

Thanks Gobytron

Actually this happened over a period of two to three months, everything was great until we removed too much LR two weeks ago. I'm guessing the phosphates levels slowly got to where...
Forum: FOWLR 05-22-2015, 11:06 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,994
Posted By whistlerskipro
what went wrong

Oh and a substrate of 3"LS.
Forum: FOWLR 05-22-2015, 10:57 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,994
Posted By whistlerskipro
what went wrong

I think you have it! The large piece of coral I was using for base rock apparently can be the source of high phosphates. After removing the original Live rock, if I take out the remainder of that...
Forum: FOWLR 05-21-2015, 04:27 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,994
Posted By whistlerskipro
what went wrong

OK To recap.
The 40lbs of coral I added was dead coral used as more base rock to increase total LR to 1.5lbs LR per gallon for 55gallon tank.
Ammonia 0
Nitrite. 0
Nitrate. 0
Phosphates...
Forum: FOWLR 05-21-2015, 02:58 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,994
Posted By whistlerskipro
what went wrong

Nitrates are fine. I clean the canister weekly and apart from chemical media holds some LR. NO filter media.
Forum: FOWLR 05-21-2015, 02:56 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,994
Posted By whistlerskipro
what went wrong

Sorry about the confusion: I added the dead coral to increase the overall filtration. I didn't think the original 40lbs was enough. More is good?
I believe by removing some of the original LR (two...
Forum: FOWLR 05-21-2015, 01:55 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,994
Posted By whistlerskipro
what went wrong

Thanks War Dog

I had been running Phosguard so I didn't think it would be an issue, but it is running high @02.5. My question was, did removing 30lbs of established LR (in the tank for 2 years)...
Forum: FOWLR 05-21-2015, 12:40 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 9,994
Posted By whistlerskipro
what went wrong

For all of you knowledgeable folks that have been helping us newbies thanks. So this is my situation. My 55 gallon has been up and running for about 2 years. To this point I have been able to work...
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