Managing PHOSPHATE Levels in Your Saltwater Aquarium - Newbie Tank Build

In this episode of our Newbie Tank Build series, Mark and Jimmy dive into managing the phosphates in your tank. Join us as we discuss why you should be monitoring your phosphate levels and explain why your phosphate level might be zero. We'll also share what your phosphate levels can tell you about your tank and how/when to use GFO!
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⚠️ Products In This Build
► Nyos TORQ G2 Small 0.75 Body (750 ml - 25 oz) - www.saltwateraquarium.com/tor...
► Bulk GFO Phosphate Reducer (2 lbs) - www.saltwateraquarium.com/bul...
► Bulk Super GFO High Capacity Phosphate Reducer (3.3 lb) - www.saltwateraquarium.com/bul...
► Spectrapure MR DUAL - Independently Controlled Dual Chamber Media Reactor - www.saltwateraquarium.com/mr-...
► Hanna HI713 Phosphate Low Range Checker - www.saltwateraquarium.com/han...
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[@steevareno2002]

This guy cracks me up! Thx for the informative videos.

[@Saltwateraquariumdotcom]

Thanks for watching!

[@esternunes389]

Awesome little sketch! I love it, enjoyable and educational.

[@RyanWaite1790]

Fantastic series, These two are a joy to watch.

[@Saltwateraquariumdotcom]

Glad you like them!

[@ou812reefing]

This build series is great and very informative

[@Saltwateraquariumdotcom]

Glad to hear it!

[@zachary_smith1]

Love these so much

[@stevenpavan327]

Great collection of glasses Jimmy!

[@markstover984]

Love this series. I started my 100 gallon about 4 months ago and have yet to see phosphates either, so was thinking I was either doing something wrong or my Hanna checker was bad.

[@RobBoryckiGolf]

Good series works well good info

[@xisotopex]

I would like to know why my clove polyps started to shrink, and some of my zoas that I have had since day one, closed up, never to re open and then disappeared... then an acan that was doing well, all of a sudden started to recede only to die a week later... the clove polyps are now reduced to about half of what they were, and they are still shrunk, like half the size they used to be when open... what in the world happened... I tested everything... but phosphates...

[@Brad-k]

I can't keep phosphate in the water column. Testing using the Hanna ulr phosphorus tester and I dose the max of Neophos at .04 and come the next day I'm reading 0 phosphorus. So I ad 5 ml once in the morning and another before bed and end up seeing the phosphorus at 2ppb in the morning .Tank is just over a month old and dry rock come out of my smaller system that was placed in back in January. Any ideas on how to get it more stable? Also just about another week or so of dealing with diatoms which are subsiding with the help of bactor7. Some days I'll stop dosing bactor7 as my nitrates are between 3-5ppm any help or suggestions would be great. Also love the new videos lol.. oh also feeding small pellets to the fish twice a day but not helping.

[@AmyLynnCombs-Corriden]

I can't keep my tangs (pwd blue pwd brown dory) alive and I hear that my nitrate levels don't affect the fish what's going on can u help me? They used to be above 30 now I'm around 15. PLEASE HELP ME OUT

[@larrygregg8796]

I stopped testing for anything a year ago , I change 10 gallon a week, I 6 fish no coral, no clean up crew the fish ate them all, 90 gallons with a 5p gallon sump, ultraviolet, 2 skimmers

[@photographyinflight4183]

Add a 3rd skimmer, and you'll be halfway there.👍

[@rafaelrodriguez9033]

What do you keep your salinity, ppt levels at if you don't mind me asking??

[@billhudson2196]

So how do you get your phosphates up above zero? I miss something?

[@rrrromzutube]

Abbott and Costello. lol

[@hurricaneaquatics]

Mark doesn't agree with this, but if you started dosing Nitrate and Phosphate now, you would bypass the ugly stage almost all together. Everyone says the ugly stage will go away, but let me tell you, it doesn't go away before taking over about everything, killing some corals, and making your life a living hades.

[@kbee7538]

Gfo

[@Scoop1775]

Very informative but the childish act sucks! Get to the point Joking is cool but do that shit off line

[@TNpyro-nk8ky]

the acting is so horrid that it hurts

[@robryan516]

Love watching this guy play dumb

[@travelwithme7133]

I wanted to watch this but they wasted so much time talking nonsense at the start

[@photographyinflight4183]

Reeeelax dude.