I'm Done, Out

Jewel

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Oct 11, 2011
Location
Wingham Ontario
GFO is expensive BUT it can be reused, Recycled yes. A member here Pistol does it and I think anyone who wants to save a few bucks and doesn't mind taking the time can do it as well.
 

Pistol

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Aug 16, 2012
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Corunna
I gave up on the rust, I use lanthanum chloride, you need to drip it in a 10uM filter sock.
I use brightwell aquatics, you have to be very careful with the pool suppliers as theirs usually has copper in it which will kill your reef.
Brightwell aquatics is pure pharmaceutical grade.
 

Reef Hero

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May 27, 2012
Location
Lucan
I used Foz Down originally to lower my po4 which I'm pretty sure is just LC.....worked well.... I have a bit leftover if anyone wants to try it.....


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St Thomas
I used Foz Down originally to lower my po4 which I'm pretty sure is just LC.....worked well.... I have a bit leftover if anyone wants to try it.....

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And if yours has been thrown out, or if people like it. I sell it :) and have some stock.


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Marz

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Feb 9, 2014
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Orangeville, Ontario
Lanthanum chloride. Bigshow uses it and a few others here. you'll need to dose it regularly to take out the phosphates. hydrogen peroxide is a temporary fix, to remove the algae already there. to keep algae from growing again, you will need a phosphate binder, right? GFO is very expensive over time. LACI is a lot cheaper. Lots of pool and pond specialists carry this. calcium chloride in 2-part is also a phosphate binder.

LACI ?


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pulpfiction1

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Nov 16, 2010
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42.418807, -82.174073
i use all natural Dazzle Spa Phos Cleanse remover for LaCl3 treatment
19 bucks for 750 ml,no copper acording to sales rep
 

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Kman

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KW
Don't get rid of everything stick with it. Fighting algae blooms takes time to fix.

If you dose with kalkwasser it will participate phosphate out of the water and help limit available nutrients. Worse case you can take out all the rocks and scrub the crap out of the rocks.

Try and lock down where the nutrients are coming from. How thick is your crushed coral? A compacted or dirty bed is a huge nutrient sink. Do you use RO for top up and water changes? If you use RO where do you store your containers and what kind of container do you keep the water in? I used for a short amount of time the rubbermaid brute garbage cans and I found they leaked phosphates and organics into my top up water. I changed them to the blue ones from home depot and it fixed the issue. What food do you use and how much do you feed? How is your rockwork arranged? If it is compacted and doesn't allow proper flow through it it will settle waste and add to things.
 
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