rowaphos help

[makana]

Xadieu, I DID READ the instructions and don't appreciate such an un-called for response. There is really no need at all for that. The instructions DO NOT state that 100 grams is what you use for 100g of water, they state that is the amount that will remove 3ppm from that volume of water. Yes I can do the math to figure out how much that is for my volume of water, but that does not tell me what level to start out with to not shock the corals by dropping PO4 too fast.

FitoPharmer, xenon, thank you for your help. I do have algea issues that I have been fighting with for way too long. I'm not sure a hanna checker would help find a starting point as the po4 is probably being used up. I am working off the assumption that stored po4 is being leached. I'm hoping to slowly reduce po4 without shocking anything and over time remove the stored po4. I think I will do what you have suggested and just start slow and increase over time to see how it goes.

I read an article by Myka that suggested starting at 1 gram / gallon. Since that is the only suggested starting point I have been able to find I will give it a shot.