Ruddy's 3rd scrubber

[ruddybop]

Hmmm... Cleaned the scrubber 6 days ago... Still hovering at about 80ppm.. after 6 days the algae is growing out of the output again. Frustrating....

Water change tomorrow for my little bud... Been to long with 80ppm

[ruddybop]

Well had an issue with my scrubber. Some how I bumped all the buttons down on my timer and it ran for a few days 24 hours... I noticed it was turning brown and was wondering why... Did a water change and put the Oscar back into the 220G.... Removed the Flowerhorn that has been growing and starting to dominate the tank and put him in the 29G... So back to the drawing board with the 29G 100 Square inch scrubber...... Still climbs to 80ppm Nitrate.

[Garf]

Brown ? - have you noticed more phos reduction compared to nitrate. Got this thing stuck in my head that sais brown is phos rich.

[ruddybop]

Brown ? - have you noticed more phos reduction compared to nitrate. Got this thing stuck in my head that sais brown is phos rich.

Garf :

I have never checked for Phos in my fresh water. The tank I am testing in is a bare bottom. Should I be testing my Phos in fresh water?
I am not familiar with all the testing in salt water....