RSS Intro to Phosphate and my experience and tips about Hanna Instrument’s ULR Phosphorus Checker.

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Phosphate is one parameter is that we reef tank hobbyists should regularly test for, as excessive phosphate in our aquarium’s water will slow down or halt coral calcification in SPS corals and skeletal formation in LPS corals as well as many other corals that use calcium to grow. In addition, high phosphate levels can cause eye sore algaes like turf hair algae to take over your system, smothering corals and absorbing all the nutrients in the water

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