FishingandReefing February 12, 2020 Share February 12, 2020 Hi all, if anyone has bunch of extra chaeto, I would love to get them. Currently having high phosphate issue (.50) and phosguard is killing my coral when I ran it. Anyone in Montgomery county, please pm me. I have frogskin acro frag if you like. Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinus88 February 12, 2020 Share February 12, 2020 Did you find any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishingandReefing February 12, 2020 Author Share February 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Delphinus88 said: Did you find any? My friend might have some but I doubt it’s a lot. If you do and close I would love to pick them up from you. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 February 13, 2020 Share February 13, 2020 Chaeto is not going to remove that much phosphate that quickly. Perhaps try another brand of phosphate remover? Some seem to be harsher than others and .5 is pretty high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishingandReefing February 13, 2020 Author Share February 13, 2020 I got phosphate rx on hand. Chaeto would help if anyone got some more. Going to a friends house tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn.reef.nerd February 13, 2020 Share February 13, 2020 Water changes can be a great method. I personally wouldn't worry too much at 0.5. I had mine up to 2.4 at times without any type of fish death. Actually sitting at 1.7 right now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFR February 16, 2020 Share February 16, 2020 I agree with Dave, chaeto isn’t going to bring down the phosphate quickly. However IMO you don’t need to bring it down quickly, providing it is not causing any issues. Running an adequately sized fudge can be a fundamental part of any filtration system and can be a long term solution. What are you running for filtration and how long has your system been running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishingandReefing February 17, 2020 Author Share February 17, 2020 Little update. I ran 25% phosphate RX and it lowered it to .35. Will slowly dose it again weekly till around .10. just ordered some BRS HC GFO. My plan is to run 50% GFO and 100% Carbon in a reactor. Change them out 4-6 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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