
My 32 gallon reef tank is now about six months old. I have all of my parameters rock solid, except for my phosphates, they just seem to keep swinging every which way. I have been dosing Neophos since almost day one because my phosphates were so bottomed out. I will dose 2 mL of Neophos a day and be perfectly fine for a while then my phosphates will randomly jump to .23. When I pause the dosing. It will take a few days and then I’m back to bottomed out. I’ve been getting insanely frustrated trying to find the Happy middle ground to keep my phosphates at a decent level. If anyone has had a similar experience, I would love to hear tips. I’ve done everything from over feeding, feeding foods rich in preservatives to try to bump the phosphates up, but it seems like only the neophos works. I currently have two clown fish, a black clown goby, a false watchmen Goby, a firefish, and a six line wrasse. Seeing as my fish are all very small I was considering adding a few more to hopefully bump the bio load up. Just curious if anyone else has had this constant ping-pong game with phosphate levels luckily my corals don’t seem to phased by it.