Thanks for your input Jose. Have you used this in your tank? If so what results did you get and how long did it take to remove phosphate from water and from leaking live rocks?
How is brightwell different from other liquid phosphate removers? A lot of reefers are saying there is a chemical called lanthanum chloride which binds with phosphate and precipitates which makes water cloudy for some time. The byproduct looks like fine sand. I read on different threads with time the bond will break and phosphate will be reintroduced into the tank and cause a phosphate outbreak. Has anyone used brightwell for a consider amount of time? Is this product safe for long term usage is what I really want to know?
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it works well, and all the products are lanthanum chloride as the major ingredient, just different concentration. I have heard of people getting it from pool supply stores and diluting it. lots of larger aquarium places (aquarium of the pacific, sea world,...) use it to deal with phosphates. It can be dangerous, because you can def drop phospates really quick, this disturb the water chemistry to suddenly. I have seen people put this on one of their doser heads, and deal with phosphates that way, but this is for an advanced reefer than knows about how many ppm of phosphates are generally pumped out a day, or someone who wants to test daily. Regarding the fish and gills, yes it does affect them. From Jeremy a few years ago at a Marine Depot luncheon, it effects puffers, some wrasses, angels, sharks, boxfish and stingrays mostly.
