Hey, I had knee surgery and have been on crutches for awhile and haven't been able to do my normal water change schedule. After about 3 weeks I finally checked and saw my phosphate level was 0.7ppm! I immediately performed a 5 gallon water change (30gallon DT + ~15gallon sump) twice daily for a week and also started adding phosguard. My phosphate is still reading 0.3-0.35 ppm I can't get it lower than 0.3 ppm (I've also checked my RO/DI top off and that's not the source).
I was finally able today to maneuver (wasn't able to before with the leg cast) and remove my carbon and gfo reactor and I realized they both are extremely dirty with a ton of buildup inside, brown particles. I realize I haven't changed them for 2-3 months. Does anyone know if this is may be the underlying issue or seen anything else like this/know possible culprits? I've also lowered feeding substantially, which hasn't helped, and at this point done 2 x 5Gallon x 7 days water changes, and can't figure out what's going on besides possibly the dirty reactors. Many corals are also not looking good. Thanks for any help!
I was finally able today to maneuver (wasn't able to before with the leg cast) and remove my carbon and gfo reactor and I realized they both are extremely dirty with a ton of buildup inside, brown particles. I realize I haven't changed them for 2-3 months. Does anyone know if this is may be the underlying issue or seen anything else like this/know possible culprits? I've also lowered feeding substantially, which hasn't helped, and at this point done 2 x 5Gallon x 7 days water changes, and can't figure out what's going on besides possibly the dirty reactors. Many corals are also not looking good. Thanks for any help!
