How to achieve ultra low nutrients?

[snaza]

Hi,

my N03 is undetectable and my P04 is 0.03 (on hanna) but i still have algae on my glass (have to clean every day) and most of my SPS tissue is dark.

i dont want to get into zeovit because of the daily dosing. Id like to try prodibio but we cant get it in australia.

I tried vodka for about a month but didn't seem to help at all.

I run rowaphos in a reactor. Can that alone help get my P04 down to 0.01?

I really dont want to get a zeovit reactor but would the other basic 3 zeovit help me?

Is there anything else i could do that doesn't require daily dosing?

thanks

Aaron

 

[plyr58]

I've been running Rowaphos for about a week in a NextReef reactor and my phosphates have gone from .5 to undetectable with my test kit. I won't have a Hanna at least until after Christmas so I don't know how low PO4 has gone. I do know my coral color has increased in the last week.

 

[Genetics]

snaza, what do you mean by the sps tissue is dark? Coloration is a sign of health and your parameters look stellar. If you are looking for zeo coloration, you will have to go with zeo or neozeo products to get those results.

 

[plyr58]

Also, not all corals are naturally insanely colored. Some are pastel-ish and some are darker colors.

 

[snaza]

I've been running rowa for 6 months now. Many SPS i got were much lighter when i got them. They have just darken up and lost color intensity

 

[HighlandReefer]

The bulb type you use can be played with.

Using more GFO or replacing it more frequently could be experimented with, but you can over do it.

 

[mesocosm]

Never mind ... :lol: