tiredfish
Aquarium Advice Activist
this is in my girlies tank. its only 10 gall in the bedroom.just wondering if its bad. it showed up after maybe 6 months of being setup.thanx for looking
RO, Spring or distilled? Even though a certified drinking water, many sources of PO4 are actually not harmful to humans and generally not tested for. Unless the water is guaranteed RO or distilled, you will have an issue with PO4. A water test of your source and tank water will easily confirm that.tiredfish said:currently our water source has been from a bottling company called crystal clear bottled drinking water test to be pure supposibly, from right here in des moines.
A non-aloe water conditioner and carbon will help with any metal contamination easily enough. PO4 is a different issue. A non-aluminum PO4 granular sponge or a polyfilter will help eliminate it from the tank. The best way to be rid of it is not to introduce it. If using a good RO water, increasing the frequency of water changes will help "dilute" the problem. It will eventually crash if so.they also have the same color of algae's in some of their smaller tanks. this just showed up like 4 days ago and we immediatly did a water change.any ideas? maybe a filter that could remove metals and phosphates?
What info in particular where you looking for?tiredfish said:.ive been reading other post but im still searching for all the info i need in one place. maybe you can give me a link or something of use