SkinnyPete
Aquarium Advice Freak
So, I'm getting my live rock tomorrow from lr.com.
I tested for phosphate tonight, just for giggles - and it was high. My test kit jumps from 1.0 to 2.0 but it was somewhere in between. I'd say best guess would be 1.3-1.4.
I'm using tap water to cycle my tank, but I do have a ro/di for future water changes. I was advised by a reputable lfs that the water in the area is satisfactory and that most people 'round these parts use tap to cycle their tanks.
I'm doing a fowlr set-up but is this high phosphate going to wipe out any inverts that I happen to get with my live rock? Is there anything other than algae that I should be aware of with high phosphate? I'm assuming as I do water changes it will lower.
thanks all.
- Skins
I tested for phosphate tonight, just for giggles - and it was high. My test kit jumps from 1.0 to 2.0 but it was somewhere in between. I'd say best guess would be 1.3-1.4.
I'm using tap water to cycle my tank, but I do have a ro/di for future water changes. I was advised by a reputable lfs that the water in the area is satisfactory and that most people 'round these parts use tap to cycle their tanks.
I'm doing a fowlr set-up but is this high phosphate going to wipe out any inverts that I happen to get with my live rock? Is there anything other than algae that I should be aware of with high phosphate? I'm assuming as I do water changes it will lower.
thanks all.
- Skins