Lets talk phosphates

[tang daddy]

You could run gfo and a reactor to get rid of phosphates, it's very efficient and can drop phosphates quickly, IMO fish can handle phosphates and nitrates to a certain degree so if you can get it to a manageable level and keep it there you're ok!

[Proteus]

+1

I like rowaphos. But if you can use mechanical filtration phosdown is a great product

[reefwars]

phosguard is junk toss it and go with rowaphos or another type of gfo or phosphate remover....phosguard is aluminum based and it works really slow, its ok to keep levels low but not to reduce them...not imo anyways hence the super cheap pricetag...big waste of money

[Proteus]

Since you have high readings rowa would be my choice as once saturated it does not leach back into water. But there's a price tag with it

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by Titus99

Since you have high readings rowa would be my choice as once saturated it does not leach back into water. But there's a price tag with it

absolutely..... not cheap so buy the big bottle for savings, like nick said the problem i have with phosguard is it doesnt work as fast and once full it leaches it back into your system so has to be changed alot faster.



edit*** thanks buddy lol :P

[Proteus]

Originally Posted by reefwars

absolutely..... not cheap so buy the big bottle for savings, like nick said the problem i have with PHOSGAURD is it doesnt work as fast and once full it leaches it back into your system so has to be changed alot faster.

Edit: Rowa = good
Phosgaurd = bad

Do you have skimmer. And or refugium

[Borderjumper]

I've been using Foz Down that I got from TimT. It sure worked in my tank! My phosphates are down to almost zero now. I put 4 drops in each of my drains once week, or whenever i remember, the stuff goes directly into my filter socks... I only wish he had something similiar for nitrates!