SantaMonica Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Any guess as to what nitrate and phosphate might be in the water that this came from; this is the first week growth: Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 I'm guuna' guess low phosphate because that kinda looks like dinos haha. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 That looks like dino's. Which is caused from a lack of biodiversity, competition, and low phosphates is the culprit for allowing dino to become an issue. Low nitrates doesn't help but low to no phos is a main caise for them to explode. Quote Link to comment
SantaMonica Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 No it's not low phosphate. Low phosphate would be a yellow growth. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 hour ago, SantaMonica said: No it's not low phosphate. Low phosphate would be a yellow growth. Have you tested phosphate with a good tester? If using Api its a high range tester and useless for reef keeping. It doesn't actually read 0. Its lowest reading is 0.25 which is high. The only accurate testers is salifert and hanna ultra low. Quote Link to comment
SantaMonica Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 Well it's not my tank so I have not tested, but generally for scrubbers (which is different than for sand) when you have this growth it is phosphate above 0.2 1 Quote Link to comment
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