Anyone Dosing Phosphate?

[griss]

Since bringing my fuge online, my phosphate has been steadily dropping (Hanna checker) and tonight, it bottomed out at absolute zero. The R. florida are not looking happy.

What are you using and how have your results been?

 

[Reefing102]

I don’t dose phosphate but it seems some use Brightwell NeoPhos - NeoPhos - Balanced Phosphorus Supplement

Others use Seachem Flourish Phosphorus - Amazon.de

While others use food grade or ACS reagent grade sodium phosphate or potassium phosphate. A common one seems to be this:

https://a.co/d/2FT9FCH

With that said, it seems the “make your own” is easy to overdose. However, on R2R @Dr. Reef posted this in 2018 -

adding 1.88g of the Trisodium Phosphate to 0.25 gal (1 liter) of water will get you stock solution. 1 ml per 26gal (100 l) of tank water will boost phosphate by 0.01 ppm.

 

[wvned]

I have used Neophos. As the fish got bigger, I fed enough this problem went away.
I have stopped the LaCl completely recently. Phos has dropped low enough to not need it.

 

[griss]

Thank you both.

 

[griss]

Phosphate dosing helps to control the pH level in the boiler water, which in turn helps to prevent the formation of scale and corrosion on the boiler tubes and other components

What does this have to do with saltwater aquariums?

 

[wvned]

What does this have to do with saltwater aquariums?

AI 2.0?
another reply


If you can't grow coral, it's likely due to unstable water parameters in your tank, including incorrect levels of calcium, alkalinity, magnesium, pH, temperature, nitrate, and phosphate, which are crucial for coral growth; improper lighting, too much or too little water flow, or simply not providing the right type of coral for your tank conditions; always monitor your water parameters closely and adjust as needed to ensure optimal coral growth.

 

[Reefing102]

Agreed, AI or chat GPT responses

 

[griss]

Nuked

 

[wvned]

Testing the humans

 

[C.Eymann]

Just thought I'd throw this out there for those you like the frugal/ more efficient route, neophos is a good product but it's not very potent. Aquavitros activate, made for planted FW tanks is essentially the same stuff-potassium phosphate but much more concentrated, 5 ml in 180gal of water will raise phos by 0.15 so much more bang for your buck, but obviously because of its high concentration, should be dosed with precision, in most home reef/ smaller applications using a 1ml syringe, like those used in salifert alk/ cal/ mag titration tests would be recommended.