Phosphate pad

[MarkPulawski]

So in an effort to reduce the phosphate i have loaded my tank with by doing conditioned tap water water changes, i have switched to RO and added a phosphate pad on the top of my wet dry. Does anyone know if once these are loaded do they put the phosphate back in the water. I plan on removing the pad after 2 weeks but i will sooner if I knew it leach that phosphate back into the system once it has fully loaded? I know some media will lock phosphate and not release it and some will throw it back in the system once it is maxed out. Thanks in advance for your help.

[lkevin]

I'm a little confused, if you are using RO why are you having phosphate issues?

[MarkPulawski]

I'm a little confused, if you are using RO why are you having phosphate issues?

Because for the first 5 months my tank was running I used conditioned Florida tap water.....think I'll donate my body to science when I die.