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Wouldn't you SEE any precipitation as a white shower?
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I will add this:
I have seen it before, but not really paid much attention to it, because I guess I really didn't understand what it was. But since this conversation--it seems pretty obvious to me....
My 55gal is heavily planted, with fish, fry, shrimp, snails and clams. The 2x that I have tested it for P--they were off the chart: +3. As stated in another thread--I have just started dosing regularly and heavily (K, Iron, Mg, Micros). When I added the ferts the first 3-4 times--it clouded for a while--couple of hours. I have very little doubt now, that the cloud is the "White Shower" that You refer to and is the high P in the tank precipitating the High Iron that I added--SC 10ml=~0.2 in the 55gal., plus Flourish.
Ok, I just added SC 10ml Iron (=~0.2ppm) to the 55gal. with no clouding--that's what I thought I remembered seeing: 2 days heavy clouding, next 2 days not so bad at all and none since.
The only way I'm going to know is to test P. I did a 50% water change a few days ago--so that may have helped the P situation.
I have way too many things that I need to get done today--which I am currently not doing as I sit on these boards--procrastinating!
So, I doubt that I will get to testing the P today, but that would be a good way to help keep from doing the stuff that I
Should be doing.......hmmmmm