Silicate removal

[Magickiwi]

Originally Posted by tlhood

Hey all,

I have been doing some looking into getting something to help remove silicates from my RO/DI water and my tank. I was reading that the Seachem PhosGuard works to remove Silicates along with Phosphates. Has anyone tried this, or another product, to help reduce the silicates?

I ran Phosguard. At first it seemed to work ok but after a while of using it my tank started to look kinda stressed so I discontinued use. Can't say it did much for slicates but seemed to work OK for phosphates.