FAQ: Phosphate

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 

Phosphate Reducer:

 

Q How does the Phosphate Reducer work?

1. It is a liquid version of GFO. The phosphates bind to the iron oxide and get removed by the skimmer or by mechanical filter.

 

1. Can I dose the phosphate reducer into my display tank.
2. It is recommended to dose into the sump, after the skimmer and before the return pump.

 

1. Can I dose the Phosphate Reducer with a dosing pump?
2. One or two larger doses allows the phosphate reducer to spread throughout the water column. Balance the doses with the amount of phosphates being input by food will give you a stable level of phosphates.

 

1. How fast can I reduce the phosphates.
2. Always change the environment slowly to give the aquarium biology time to adjust.

Some Tangs can be sensitive to elevated iron but will adapt with smaller doses over time.

   

1. Why can’t I get my phosphate lower?
2. Phosphates can come in from foods and leaching out of rocks.

Soak 1 gram of food in 1 Liter of RO water and test it for phosphates.

 

1. What is the best way to get the phosphates out of the rocks?
2. Set up the phosphate reducer on a dosing pump and dose 3 times a day, 5 hours apart. Keeping the water column void of phosphates will allow the rocks to leach.