macman7010
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I was going to temporarly add a yellow tang to my 50 gallon reef to eat off some of the algae growing from the rocks. Think this is a good way of getting the algae down?
Testing for PO4 can be a bit misleading. You can get a reading of close to zero and still have algae problems. This is because there is enough PO4 in the system to feed the algae, once the algae has consumed the PO4 it may not be detectable. Basically, the algae is exporting the PO4 faster then you can test for it. Test your source water and evaluate your feeding techniques as a way to eliminate PO4 getting into the system. Stop that and you can stop the algae.I just tested my phosphates and they are testing so low I can barely read the color showing that they are even there.