what foods contribute the lowest phosphate?

Neurotech · 11/08/2007, 08:48 PM

What foods, both for the fish and for the coral have the lest phosphate?

m2434 · 11/08/2007, 09:11 PM

Live food. Flake food is supposed to be higher in phosphorous. Frozen food less so. Don't know if there is really much difference. I just try to avoid decaying, uneaten organic material... Some people swear that frozen food is better if you rinse it first.

Just remember skimming is good for removing organic phosphate, GFO for inorganic. If food decays it will first release organic phosphate and then as it decays, will shift to inorganic phosphate. It is easier to remove organic phosphate with skimming, so it's key to avoid letting food decay for long periods of time - i.e. make sure they're eaten.

Craig Lambert · 11/08/2007, 09:14 PM

Likely live or frozen that has been thoroughly rinsed is best. Flake food has a ton of phosphate. Here's link to an article discussing phosphate contributors:

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...t2002/chem.htm

Gary Majchrzak · 11/08/2007, 09:15 PM

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Originally posted by Neurotech
What foods, both for the fish and for the coral have the lest phosphate?

live food. Set up a refugium to produce plankton. Keep shrimps (and fishes) in pairs so they produce an endless supply of food.

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m2434 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,171	Live food. Flake food is supposed to be higher in phosphorous. Frozen food less so. Don't know if there is really much difference. I just try to avoid decaying, uneaten organic material... Some people swear that frozen food is better if you rinse it first. Just remember skimming is good for removing organic phosphate, GFO for inorganic. If food decays it will first release organic phosphate and then as it decays, will shift to inorganic phosphate. It is easier to remove organic phosphate with skimming, so it's key to avoid letting food decay for long periods of time - i.e. make sure they're eaten. __________________ Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there. ~Richard Feynman

11/08/2007, 09:14 PM	#3
Craig Lambert Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,897	Likely live or frozen that has been thoroughly rinsed is best. Flake food has a ton of phosphate. Here's link to an article discussing phosphate contributors: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...t2002/chem.htm __________________ "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will spend all day in a boat drinking beer." Current Tank Info: 75G Tank, 29G Sump, 100lbs LR, AquaC EV-180, Iwaki MD-20RT return Tunze nano streams 4X54 t-5/Icecap Ballast & SLR's 2x110 vho actinic