Reef Discussion

slin1977 · Oct 7, 2012

Just started using brightwell phos e
Needed to boost my system as my phosphate levels were high due to lack of maintenance.
Slowly bringing the levels down so as not to shock my coral.

alan · Oct 7, 2012

I also use pool starva. I dose it into my skimmer, then through a 5 micron sock. Levels were 7-10 ppm. Now .25-.75

slin1977 · Oct 19, 2012

Started dosing a couple of drops in my skimmer , works a treat this way.

alan · Oct 19, 2012

slin1977 said:
Started dosing a couple of drops in my skimmer , works a treat this way.

I have mine doing 8ml, nixed with 200 no water dripping over 12 hours. Great stuff.

Braddles · Apr 6, 2013

Brightwell Phosphate E 500mls (NOT 250mls) for $36.00 at thereefshop.com.au

I have seen it for $90 for the 500ml one - which is disgusting!! People need to earn a living sure, but...

Alternative is Lantham Chloride (aka concentrated version of "PhsophatE" without the pretty label) from Bunnings - will set you back a whopping $20 for a LITRE!!!

Kind regards,

Brad.

chimaera · Apr 6, 2013

Braddles said:
Brightwell Phosphate E 500mls (NOT 250mls) for $36.00 at thereefshop.com.au

I have seen it for $90 for the 500ml one - which is disgusting!! People need to earn a living sure, but...

Alternative is Lantham Chloride (aka concentrated version of "PhsophatE" without the pretty label) from Bunnings - will set you back a whopping $20 for a LITRE!!!

Kind regards,

Brad.

Yeah a lot of people seem to be starting to use lanth. Sounds like as long as you follow the instructions (as you would with a product like Phosphate E), it's both works great and is awesome value.

Scottrotton · Apr 7, 2013

I've bought the caribsea version. Will see how I get on

roamin · Apr 8, 2013

i bought bunning special for cheap myself, my phosphates were high, needless to say, there down to 0.0 - 0.1 average on my hanna checker. worked wanders

thanks @Buddy lol :)

MTG · Apr 8, 2013

make sure you monitor fish and coral health as it can have bad side effects and cause damage to fish gills / coral flesh

roamin · Apr 9, 2013

i used 0.5ml a day straight into my skimmer, got my phosphates down and my goodies in the tank all seem very happy. i have stopped dosing it a week ago now and just run rowaphos to keep it stable now. so far so good. i test it every second day still but everything seems happy.

Buddy · Apr 9, 2013

MTG said:
make sure you monitor fish and coral health as it can have bad side effects and cause damage to fish gills / coral flesh

Have you got a link about this? I wouldn't mind having a read.

alan · Apr 9, 2013

I called the company about it. The pool shop gave me their number. They said they have large scale aquariums using t. As ling as you follow the guides, and have 5 micron sock after the skimmer, you will be fine.

MTG · Apr 9, 2013

Buddy said:
Have you got a link about this? I wouldn't mind having a read.

most of it was on reef central from memory theres a few large threads on there !

riley · May 3, 2013

I've been wanting to try lanthanum chloride dosing for a while now but cant find a 5 micron sock were do u guy's get them from?

OSCAR85 · May 4, 2013

slin1977 said:
Started dosing a couple of drops in my skimmer , works a treat this way.

Question, if my phos is on 0.08 and my tank is Round 430l how many drops should u put in skimmer ? 1 a day?

MTG · May 4, 2013

OSCAR85 said:
Question, if my phos is on 0.08 and my tank is Round 430l how many drops should u put in skimmer ? 1 a day?

i dose into the display, and id say just a few drops then test in a few days

alan · May 4, 2013

i found some for you

http://www.clarencewaterfilters.com...g-Filter-to-suit-20-inch-BB-Bag-Housings.html
http://compare.ebay.com.au/like/230835859425?ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes

the best way to dose it is INTO the skimmer diluted with RO Water. I was using 3ML Mixed with 500ML of water, dripping at a rate or around 1 drip every 1-20 seconds. Taking around 12-18 hours to go through the 500ML. I gave it a mix every few hours.

The filter socks go into the skimmer overflow, this reduces the chances of any escaping into the tank.
Dosing into the DT is madness. it will bing to phosphate, but wont be removed.

What i find is that dosing into the skimmer increses the skimmate output AND catches lots of crap in the filter bag. Infact i try and run the filter sock after my skimmer all the time (yes its one of the really long ones) but it collects lots of shit. Then into the washing machine.

macca_75 · May 4, 2013

alan said:
Dosing into the DT is madness. it will bing to phosphate, but wont be removed.

Have to agree here.

MTG · May 4, 2013

macca_75 said:
Have to agree here.

Belive what you want and I'll stick with my 0.00 phos that I've had for the past two years lol

Buddy · May 4, 2013

If the phos is bound then why should it matter if it is removed or not?