WhiteCloud
Aquarium Advice Freak
My 40 Gallon breeder just completed it's cycle with a cocktail shrimp:
Water Parameters are:
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 pmm
Nitrate: 10 pmm
pH: 8.2
Specific Gravity: 1.024
Temp: 78 F
I went ahead and tested for Phosphates....just because I had the test available and I was curious.
It came out to be: 0.5ppm
Why? I am using RO/DI water with registers 0 ppm with a TDS meter. I have added nothing to the tank except for the shrimp...which has now dissolved in the tank completly. I have CPR Bak Pak 2R skimmer...which has been getting quite a bit of Skimmate despite no livestock in the tank yet. I am using Instant Ocean Sea Salt...which states it has NO PHOSPHATES!
Any idea where it is coming from??
Thanks
WC
Water Parameters are:
Ammonia: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0 pmm
Nitrate: 10 pmm
pH: 8.2
Specific Gravity: 1.024
Temp: 78 F
I went ahead and tested for Phosphates....just because I had the test available and I was curious.
It came out to be: 0.5ppm
Why? I am using RO/DI water with registers 0 ppm with a TDS meter. I have added nothing to the tank except for the shrimp...which has now dissolved in the tank completly. I have CPR Bak Pak 2R skimmer...which has been getting quite a bit of Skimmate despite no livestock in the tank yet. I am using Instant Ocean Sea Salt...which states it has NO PHOSPHATES!
Any idea where it is coming from??
Thanks
WC