corals and phosphates

[kratos1028]

I had my phosphates checked last night on my fowlr and they are about 2.50. I plan on transferring corals to it soon. Will corals tolerate that level of phosphates?

 

[Wildisme]

They will. Some corals more then others however. In some cases having no phosphate at all can stunt growth as well.

What type of coral are you planning to add?

 

[kratos1028]

I am going to swapping over all my corals from my 65 to the 125 which include sps, lps, clams, and zoas.

 

[Wildisme]

You may want to get them down a bit more before introducing sps and clams

 

[kratos1028]

What's the most they can tolerate without ill effects?

 

[Wildisme]

Without ill effect I'm not sure. Most sps dominate tanks try to stay 0.01-0.03ish

 

[kratos1028]

oh okay, yea my fowlr is WAY over that! Going to have to bring it down a lot.

 

[poidog]

No stony coral will tolerate levels that high. Soft corals would probably be fine. Phosphate hinders the calcification of new skeleton growth, so high levels and stoney corals will either be stunted or die. I had problems keeping euphyllia when phos reached 0.30.

 

[Smitty]

+1 Eric...you'll have to bring those levels down before transferring your corals over.

 

[Cubbies]

bring then down

 

[kratos1028]

getting an RODi unit from BRS this week. Going to work on bringing them down to 0 before transferring. A few water changes should take care of it.