Dario5678 July 27, 2015 Share July 27, 2015 (edited) hello, My 60 pounds of rock have finished cycling in a a closed up container with 0 nitrite and 0 ammonia. However, the water the rock is in is reading 0.5-1.0 phosphate. What should do?...keep feeding the rock and doing water changes until phos goes down? Or don't worry about the phos and add to established tank ad use phos removers, cheato, etc... Edited July 27, 2015 by Dario5678 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario5678 July 27, 2015 Author Share July 27, 2015 (edited) . Edited July 27, 2015 by Dario5678 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethsolomon July 27, 2015 Share July 27, 2015 are you using RO/DI water to mix your salt with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef July 27, 2015 Share July 27, 2015 Do you think the phosphates are coming out of the rock or the container that your curing them in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amuze July 27, 2015 Share July 27, 2015 I feel like my tan is always cycling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef July 27, 2015 Share July 27, 2015 Is your tank established? Like been up for longer than this rock you've been cycling separately? I personally wouldn't add it until I figured out where the phosphates are coming from... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario5678 July 27, 2015 Author Share July 27, 2015 are you using RO/DI water to mix your salt with? Yes I am using rodi water to mix my salt and I tested it for phoshates and got a zero reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario5678 July 27, 2015 Author Share July 27, 2015 Is your tank established? Like been up for longer than this rock you've been cycling separately? I personally wouldn't add it until I figured out where the phosphates are coming from... The tank I am putting t in is established. Its a 90 gallon with about 12 pounds of live rock and 2 small clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario5678 July 27, 2015 Author Share July 27, 2015 Do you think the phosphates are coming out of the rock or the container that your curing them in? hmmm, dont know...its one of hose plastic garbage can from lowes...how would you check for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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