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![]() I have a yellow tang that seems fine. I would expect my Moorish Idols to be more sensitive, but nothing from them either
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Just like any chemical there are various grades on the market. If this person used a pool based product it may have been a lower grade and also have had other additives. Or it could have been something completely unrelated. My personal opinion is that there are so many factors affecting fish and aquariums that it is impossible to point a finger unless there is significant testing done. I recently observed a Bicolour Goatfish that had been in the tank for 4 months, suddenly fade colour and turn greyish. I thought it was going to die on the spot. My maintenance customer noticed it as well. We continued on with the meeting and I was planning to pull the "dead" fish out afterwards. 20 minutes later and the fish was swimming around normally and had normal colour. Fish do weird things. LoL When dosing Foz Down I always recommend dosing it as diluted and spread out throughout the day as possible. In the ATO reservoir is a great spot or with a dosing pump. It is best to dilute the concentrated Foz Down with some ro/di water. When dosed this way I have not observed any problems or clouding of the water. I have multiple different species of Tangs in my own system and use Foz Down on it. Foz Down is capable of removing Phosphate down to 0.00015mg/l. This is well below the recommended level for reef tanks. If you have the Foz Down on an ATO or dosing pump with 24 doses+ a day then any Phosphate build up between daily(once or twice) doses would easily be neutralized. That is the only reason I could see for running GFO. It removes phosphate as it is produced. Quote:
Another aspect of GFO is that it is Iron based. Iron is something that macro algae need to grow. I will be away from CanReef till Thursday. I will respond to any further posts or PM's when I return. Cheers, Tim ps I am the maker and a user of Foz Down. ![]()
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![]() Yes I am very cautious when mixing a new solution. shoulder length gloves, eye protection and gently stir it up outside. I still may choose a different approach in the future because i seriously suspect the iron in GFO fuels algae even tho measurable phosphate levels are low.
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![]() I keep switching back an forth but i think I'm going to stick with Foz down. As I dose vinegar it keeps my phosphates under control and every time I add even the smallest amount of GFO it completely wipes out all phosphate in my tank (0 on a hanna) and I notice pale corals. I like that with a small amount of Fozdown I can control how much I want to lower my phosphates by.
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![]() Im planning on only using it on my new 90g. I guess its ok to use with Prodibio as I use go with it now?
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![]() I also only dose Fozdown directly into my filter sock to try and avoid any deposits making it into the tank. Don't know if it makes a difference or not though.
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![]() So you need a finer than 100 micron sock? God that would clog so fast on my return.
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![]() If your concerned about removing the flocs yes. I am not concerned about it and let them settle out in the sump. I vacuum the sump so any would get removed then.
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