Lanthanum chloride

[CamelMD]

Has anyone here tried. I read a few thread on it on RC but looking for some more opinions on it from local reefers


thanks
nik

 

[joseserrano]

It works. But dose lightly. Acros don't like it, and it messes with fish.

 

[Emac909]

I used it for a few weeks but my nems were not to happy when I dosed it. Turbonut I think uses it every know and then. Smalltime used it too

 

[joseserrano]

Ppl typically use it to bring high phosphates down fast, but u need to use other methods to keep them down

 

[Ddavies564]

I have been using it lately on my tank it works pretty good. But go super slow. I dose it directly in the intake of my skimmer and run a filter sock on the output of the skimmer. This way none of the precipitate can make it back to the dt. I dosed two drops of phosphate e every other day for a Week and it brought po4 from .25 to .03. None of my acros even flinched when adding the lacl.

 

[reefes pieces]

Seems like a more dangerous alternative to GFO. Did some reading and Nick you have some nice fish. Probably too nice to gamble with some of the potential problems dosing it would bring.

 

[CamelMD]

did you run it through a 10 micron sock? i was thinking of trying a really dilute solution

 

[Emac909]

I did. I dropped the drops in my overflow. It mixed in the overflow and fell into the sock and filter floss in the sock to help bind the precipitation to the floss

 

[mark.a.smith405]

If it's just for phosphate I would just use phosphate e. Seems much less technical and has always worked for me.

 

[CamelMD]

GFO is better no doubt, but I hate running reactors and it is pricey. IS phos E , lanthanium?

 

[Emac909]

If it's just for phosphate I would just use phosphate e. Seems much less technical and has always worked for me.

Andy phosphate e is The same thing just watered down

 

[turbonut]

I use it, I use 100 micron sock filled with filter floss. I dose it twice a week. Works great sps don't mind it at all.

sent from my s4

 

[lakerfan]

it works but use a hobby grade one and follow the directions. Using too much can kill your fish. It binds to the phosphates so it can be taken out by the filtration in your tank already. It's been used heavily in commercial applications for a while now.

You can use it to control your phosphates perpetually, but as some have mentioned here, i find GFO to work better in the long run. Just don't forget to replace it.