Phosphate removal

[par4]

Hi everyone! UPS delivered my Salifert phosphate test kit last night and my test showed a level of 0.5, which I recognize a being high. I have a couple of questions. Which is the best way to remove the phosphate? Do I spend a little $ and purchase a phosphate reactor and the media, or do I just hang the product in a filter bag in my sump (if so, which product do you recommend)? Or do I go with a minimalist approach and look to doing some larger water changes more often? Thanks in advance for the advice!

 

[speakerguy]

You might try phosbuster pro. Melev had good things to say about it on one of his podcasts.

 

[Brandon's Reef]

prodibio

 

[vessxpress1]

A small bag of phosguard once a month has been doing the job for me. If I had a larger tank with not as much stuff hanging on the tank as I do, I'd probably get the reactor. But phosguard works great. .5 really isn't that high. My tap water has 2 ppm in it so I don't use that anymore. Maybe you don't either, just a warning on one source it can come from.

 

[zenzence]

ya phosban by two little fishes works very well as well, extremely long life 4 to 5 months

 

[par4]

Thank you, thank you. I'm going to try some phosban. This site is great, I'm out here all alone on the prairie and all I have to do is ask a question...the answers come flyin' in!. Thank for the input.

Jeff

 

[mace88]

I was using poly-filters and carbon, switch to a product by Seachem called SeaGel and the small amounts I had of slime algae vanished.

 

[Serioussnaps]

WATER CHANGES and HEAVY SKIMMING along with a good carbon, a good salt, and poly filters. No matter what you use it wont work witouht water changes and heavy skimming.