Phosphate still high

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  1. Beautemps

    Beautemps Bristle Worm

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    I am at my third week cycling and my Phosphate still at 2, was at 5 a week ago but doesn’t seems to go down much nowadays even with my Phosphate reactor running. My nitrate is also going down but still around 30ppm, calcium 460, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, salinity 1.025, PH 8.2
    Is everything ok, is that the end of my cycling? Thanks
     
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  3. tatted4ever

    tatted4ever Clown Trigger

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    what kind of phosphate media are you using and when was the last time it was changed?
     
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    Beautemps Bristle Worm

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    I'm using ROWAphos since two weeks.
     
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    tatted4ever Clown Trigger

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    I re read your original posting... you were at 5 a week ago... and now its 2.... Id give it another week and see where you are at. Its doing its job... It doesnt remove all of it over night
     
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    Beautemps Bristle Worm

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    What type of test kit are you using?
    Do you mean .2 and .5?
    Either way that's crazy high. Are you putting food in the tank at this point?
    Did you use tap water or RO/DI water for the cycle?
     
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    Beautemps Bristle Worm

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    Here is the test kit I am using. I have two damsel inside my DT which I feed once every three days and a grouper. I really want to remove them from my tank but can’t catch them and I don’t want to destroy my landscape.. Any suggestion?
    I used RO water for the cycling

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    yamaharider73 Kole Tang

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