Phosphate remover??

[skinz78]

Ok so my phosphates are at 1.0 and I have been useing liquid phosphate remover to no success. I used it all up and threw away the bottle so I don't even know what it was called.

What do you recommend to use?

 

[seapug]

PhosBan reactor and GFO. Can't be beat. There are hundreds of threads about it.

 

[quochuy7]

I would get a phosban reactor, they're not too expensive, everyone likes the Two Little Fishes phosban reactor (TLF). I have 2 in my sump.

For media, I think everyone likes ROWA phos but its really expensive, however it removes phosphate and silicates which are usually the things you need to remove if you have algae problems. Seachem makes Phosguard, which does the same thing and it's cheaper but I don't know how good it is. If you just want to remove phosphate, TLF makes a phosphate remover media too.

did I mention everyone likes the TLF reactors? anyway there are others but it's your decision. I would do what I described above ...

 

[packer]

Liquid removers bind phosphates and they must be removed in some way. I see you have listed as Skimmerless, so no way of it being removed. Even with a great skimmer very little will be removed with the liquids. It basically is bound together and sitting in your system. GFO will do the trick for you.

 

[Craig Lambert]

For media you might consider Warner Marine's Phosar. It's identical to phosban, but costs less. Marine Depot carries it. I'm sure other e-tailers do as well.

 

[skinz78]

Cool thanks everyone I am just worried about what I use in my tank with all of my clams. One mistake could get expensive FAST....

 

[unbreakable]

yeah i would talk to people about that. im not sure if running GFO will affect your clams. it may or may not

 

[skinz78]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11941751#post11941751 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nietzsche
yeah i would talk to people about that. im not sure if running GFO will affect your clams. it may or may not

I know seapug has some beauties so it must not be bad LOL he is gonna get a pm right now LOL

 

[Craig Lambert]

skins 78. You need to be aware of a few things about gfo. Start with 1/2 the recommended amount, and monitor your alkalinity daily for the first week or so. It can cause a drop in Alk. Secondly, run the water through the reactor very slowly so only bits of the top layer of gfo tumble from the flow. You want to avoid pulverizing it which could result in fine particle making their way to your tank if they get pass the sponge in the top of the reactor's chamber.

From everything I've read, gfo will not bother your clams at all.