Lanthanum chloride?

[johnwin84]

Anyone dripping it into there tanks daily?

 

[wickedfish]

^^^^^^^no but I still have some. I would use it long ago. It works on phophate very well.

 

[watchguy123]

Don't you end up with some weird precipitate that is harmful to fish gills. Thought I read that somewhere

 

[turbonut]

Don't you end up with some weird precipitate that is harmful to fish gills. Thought I read that somewhere

Yes wrasses and some tangs

 

[Reefer Mania]

Don't you end up with some weird precipitate that is harmful to fish gills. Thought I read that somewhere

Not if you use a reactor with a filter.

 

[johnwin84]

There a thread on rc but it was like 70 pages long. What brand should I use and the dossage schedule

 

[RuffReef]

All you are doing is binding up the p04, why not just use GFO John?

 

[cymaster007]

the lanthanum is a quick fix.

 

[johnwin84]

i know it a quick fix band-aid. i just wanted to see if someone was actually using it long term. But i did droped my p04 pretty quickly from .87 to.37 to .16 to .07. I'll probably be at .03 on Thursday or Friday. So this weekend ill go back to my brs gfo and when i run out of it ill buy a bucket of rowa.

 

[cymaster007]

why is your water so dirty??

 

[johnwin84]

Could be many factors..All original rock and sand from probably 5 to 6 years ago. I over feed my 10 fish frozen food never and really don't rinse food. Bad batch or ro/di from lfs.

 

[RuffReef]

i know it a quick fix band-aid. i just wanted to see if someone was actually using it long term. But i did droped my p04 pretty quickly from .87 to.37 to .16 to .07. I'll probably be at .03 on Thursday or Friday. So this weekend ill go back to my brs gfo and when i run out of it ill buy a bucket of rowa.

I used the Brightwell Phosphate-E and it took my p04 from 10, not .10 but 10, to under 1 in 3 days.

 

[cthetoy]

GFO costs more in the long run especially for those with larger tanks. Large public reef aquariums has been using it for years with no problems. They use sand filters to filter out the precipitate.Since we dont have sand filters some people uses 10 micron filter socks and drip Lanthanum mixed with RO/DI water into it.

 

[Reefer Mania]

GFO costs more in the long run especially for those with larger tanks. Large public reef aquariums has been using it for years with no problems. They use sand filters to filter out the precipitate.Since we dont have sand filters some people uses 10 micron filter socks and drip Lanthanum mixed with RO/DI water into it.

+10 Mike

 

[johnwin84]

Is there a recommended dosage chart or anything like that?

 

[Reefer Mania]

The manufacture should have recommedations on the product.

 

[Reefer Mania]

I used the Brightwell Phosphate-E and it took my p04 from 10, not .10 but 10, to under 1 in 3 days.

I also had pO4 of higher than 10 on a large FO system drop to 1 in about a week. One needs to be carefull not to remove it so fast in a reef setting.

I can pull out a crystal clear glass of tank water, add one drop of the stuff to the glass, give it a stir and literally watch it bond and solidify (precipitate) with the phosphates. Amazing stuff!

 

[smalltime]

I keep a bottle at the house just in case. Test your po4. Add 1 ml to start with and test 24 hours later to see how much to dose

 

[johnwin84]

what brand are you using? if this the right stuff SeaKlear Phosphate Remove cr
http://www.seaklear.com/what/seaklear-products/seaklear-phosphate-remover-cr

 

[cymaster007]

lol look at the spec sheet on that page, the section 2 says everything is a trade secret..... so whats in it? No one knows
http://www.seaklear.com/sites/default/files/HSI MSDS - SEAKLEAR Phosphate Remover CR [Rev02].pdf