I've got a small problem with my chemistry. im now sitting on nitrate undetectable but phosphate at .05ppm with some Hair aglue on the back glass left over from my 2 month trip to china. its been like that for 3 weeks now with little to no change. what im thinking i dont have enof nitrate for the Bacteria to consume the phos. should i start up my Rowaphos reactor again to get rid of the last of it or just wait for nitrate to be introduced?
ps were do u buy rowaphos/phosban thats cheap online?
I have the same Issue , no nitrates I added a lot of base rock thinking i have played it safe now p04 has shot upto 0.8.
about 4 weeks later its down to 0.25 still not good ...
I have been adding amino acids to increase nitrates , I think its working
From what i have read Bio-pellets need a balanced Nitrates & po4 to work effectively.
I will let you know if it works and I get p04 back to >0.05
edited ....sorry I just seen yours is at 0.05 not 0.5 , 0.05 is fine in my book ?