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| I run GFO. |
   
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26 | 46.43% |
| I run a ULNS system. (Eg. Zeovit, Ultralith, Vodka or other carbon dosing) |
  
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13 | 23.21% |
| I use macroalgae (chaeto, caulerpa, etc.) |
  
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31 | 55.36% |
| I don't do anything. Water changes good enough for me! |
  
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8 | 14.29% |
| I test PO4 regularly. |
  
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8 | 14.29% |
| I test PO4 infrequently. |
  
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15 | 26.79% |
| I have noticed nonzero PO4 in the past. |
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3 | 5.36% |
| I have never had a PO4 reading. |
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8 | 14.29% |
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11-05-2009, 06:06 PM
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I first tested P04 a little over a year ago with an elos test kit. The reading was .75 and presently it is .01
In the past 14 months this is what I've done: Doubled my water changes and currently do +/-27gal weekly on a 270gal system. Started running 250ml rowaphos which I change monthly. I grow both chaetomorphia and gracillaria in a fuge, formerly I only grew one or the other. Strain all of my frozen food of its packing fluids. I've increased the flow in my display to about 30x/hr turnover from 20x. Upgraded my skimmer from a PM Bullet 2 to a 3. Decreased the bioload on my tank by unintentionally losing my big lionfish. Removed my remote DSB (PO4 binds to calcium carbonate). Built a larger DIY Kalk Reactor (its suppose to precipitate PO4 from solution so that it can be skimmed out).
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