Thanks Pancho, it makes the tank look much biggerSuch a good pic Shaun.
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Those poor fish. Starving due to your incompetence and laziness. You're a bad parent. If there were a fishy version of Childline, I'd ring it !Ive been a little 'lazy' with changing the rhowaphos in the reactor, I normally do it every 3 weeks or so and its been about 4. Ive also been a little heavy feeding Ocean Nutrition Formula 1 & 2 Pellets once or twice a day from the Apex autofeeder or sometimes even more. This is in addition to 3 frozen cubes around lunchtime
Anyway i checked the phosphate and it was showing 0.18ppm! I normally keep this locked down at around 0-0.03ppm on the Hanna so its very high
I changed the rhowaphos with double the normal amount (i'm away shortly which is the reason for this), and that will drop the phosphate back down again. Its funny because I can see little signs in the tank when phosphate becomes raised, like an odd little brown patch here and there.
I seem to remember reading that pellets can be high in phosphate (or did i imagine this!) so instead of pressing the button on the Apex App on my phone, when I'm feeling kind to the little hungry looking fishys, its back to starvation rations for the time being.
Top Tip: Whatever you do, never take a picture of your wife's arse.Thanks Pancho, it makes the tank look much bigger
Really nice photo. It gives good depth.
Lol, you are killing me... hahahahaTop Tip: Whatever you do, never take a picture of your wife's arse.
That's hilarious ! lolTop Tip: Whatever you do, never take a picture of your wife's arse.
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I seem to remember reading that pellets can be high in phosphate (or did i imagine this!) so instead of pressing the button on the Apex App on my phone, when I'm feeling kind to the little hungry looking fishys, its back to starvation rations for the time being.
The bar..... probably the only place you stayed during your vacation lolI ‘nearly’ went snorkelling, but no i didn’t
This is a picture from the bar! Lol
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I know that’s what I’m thinking exactly. And most of the bad stuff is removed in my case with the skimmer, activated carbon, rhowaphos Purigen etcYep, I only do water changes to remove any 'stuff' (ie medicine) that I've put in the tank, or to clean the Sump every six months or so, otherwise I don't bother. Dosing Mag, Calc & Alk is fine, topped up with Colours once a week, and like you my ICP results have been good. Everyone says that the key to success is stability, and surely a water change can upset that stability?
Ask yourself, what do water changes bring to the game? Plus, look how much you save not buying all that salt!