CaribSea Phos Buster Pro

[dirk_brijs]

Bought me a bottle of this product and getting ready to use it.
The label write to add the solution into a high flow area but does not state into any form of filtration?
As I believe it is Lanthanum based(is it?) and read about guys treating their Lanthanum Chloride into a filter sock? would it be advisable to add my PhosBuster Pro in the same way?
Anyone any experience with this product and can get me some more tips and tricks about it?
Would maybe like to start treatment tomorrow?
Thanks

 

[tmz]

I would dose it as if it were lanthanum chloride. It probably is but the manufacturer wont tell what's in it for proprietary reasons.

 

[dirk_brijs]

Ok used the product and dosed it right into my drain which runs into a 200Mcr filtersock and goes straight into the skimmer chamber.
Anyway I can tell you this product does work wonders.
I have 440Gl total water volume so had to dose the entire bottle in my system.
I cam from a Phosphate level of 0.59ppm to 0.1ppm in about 15hours. (will test again after 24hours and 72 hours as the bottle says best result after 72 hours.
Anyway didnt seem to have faced any ill effects as none of my corals (very mixed with lots of softies, many clams and a few SPS) Maybe just one Zoa colony which closed and took a bit longer to open back up this morning.
Couldnt see my water get any issues with getting cloudy at all though didnt stay up all night next to my tank so could have gone a bit cloudy over night.
Dosed the bottle at night just before all lights would have come off.
Anyway will keep you guys updated.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Watch the clams closely. At least some advanced reefers are concerned about lanthanum use and tridacnid clams.

 

[tmz]

Filter feeders including clams react poorly according to several reports. The precipitant is thought to clog respiration. Some speculate rapid PO4 depletion is harmful to tridacnids as well. Fish may also be affected; I've personally seen one stop breathing and die immediately after inhaling in cloudy LaCl treated water.