How to reduce phosphates in minutes from your reef aquarium!  

Ha ha ...Yes that’s right Kevin, the right hand side normal return line (not the emergency) right down in to socks or Clarisea. Keep an eye on your return water level so it doesn’t send anything down the emergency line as you want to keep it all in the filter media ideally. Use half the dose first or even a quarter and check it 24 hours later... I have seen zero I’ll effects...

Thanks for your comment Peter, I agree with your rationale and did some extra research with a few reefers who have used it for years... two of them keep wall to wall sps and have followed this regimen for a decade with no ill effects, with that in mind we will see how it goes, on all other parameters I tend to agree. I also know many reefers who do large water changes too some at 50% who as long as all other parameters match also had absolutely no problems. I will re visit it in a month to see how it goes coral wise but thanks again for your advice.

@@paulukreefer5012 a 50 % water change does a lot less than you would think with nitrate and phosphate as it’s mainly leached into the rock and sand, 50% water change you would think you half parameters, depending on how you mix it and what salt brand you use you actually mainly alter the chemical element such as kh calcium levels and maybe salanilty to an extent, phos and nitrate are removed via solution and dilution but not from the source, it’s nice to chat to an open minded reefer though, their are many ways to run a successful reef and we are all still learning how the glass box method works best for each individual aquarium :) I would go with a much smaller amount of lanthium chloride directly dripped into skimmer body where it can be oxidised much better and have much greater contact time, then when it’s under control start using something like fauna Marin 00.4 if you like the chemical route or a good refugium or algae scrubber/reactor to maintain a more consistent levels, anyway happy reefing mate, your system is looking great 👍

@@paulukreefer5012 atm agent green is a good lanthium chloride too use and it’s cheaper too :) just incase you stick to your method

@@bopeep7806 really appreciate your time and advice thanks

it just might solve the problem just part of the tool in the Arsenal to help take care of stuff

As and when your phosphates rise Ryan 👍 thanks for watching

@@paulukreefer5012 how often are you testing your phosphate with this new product once a week? And then dose? just asking as I use nopox and looking to try something different

@@ryanarcher8961 yeah I test weekly anyway so when it rises too far I dose a small amount and then check 24 hours later... most who use it do it monthly but it depends on your phosphate levels. Nopox is far more effective on nitrate than phosphate. Hope this helps

@@paulukreefer5012 thanks Paul.

Thanks Logan. I only plan to use it when the phosphates go high and always leave a buffer.... I know you don’t mess with this stuff but have to report the results I have had. What do you use?

@@paulukreefer5012 I had an algae reactor which kept both no3 and po4 in check… but when brooks wiped out all my fish I removed it and I’ve actually had to dose phosphates to stop them from bottoming out. How does your hanna ULR’s readings compare back to your ICPS? I ended up selling mine as the results were wildly different

@@logansreef3079 hi, I don’t really want the maintenance of the reactor to be fair but I have rent wrote it off. My Hannah is usually a few ppm out so the icp was 0.03 and the Hannah 0,06

Hi Kurt it’s from reef tops they have a facebook site... I have had three now and they are awesome... sometimes you need wait a bit but it is worth it

I believe it is slightly diluted which is a good thing as pure is extremely high risk. This mixture seems really effective it took out 0.15 phosphates instantly with 10 drops in a 425 litre (probably more like 375 litres after displacement) so do be careful👍

@@paulukreefer5012 cheers mate, I'll do a little research and see what the concentration is. I just think for the price the quantum stuff should be a little stronger. I dosed 4ml over the course of a day and it removed 0.02 😂😂 my tank is only a 250

That is not very effective... this stuff definitely packs a punch. Melees reef has video on it and has used it for over a decade.

@@paulukreefer5012 spot on, once this bottle is gone I'll look into phosphate RX. Cheers mate. Keep up the great content too mate, believe it or not I've been watching since your old 250 a few years back

@@NanoTankReefer great to hear and thanks for that... I’d love to know what that tank would have looked like if the dinos didn’t ruin me 😂😂 still I probably wouldn’t have got the 425 passed the Mrs if that was the case 🤣

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@@paulukreefer5012 thank you. I have now started dosing this as my phosphates got too high due to me feeding too much to a hungry sun coral. I've started the dosing off slowly and on the conservative side but I can honestly say that my water clarity has never been so good, it's almost like there is no water in the tank.

@@diannewinslade4080 glad is working for you, as long as you keep the dose very low I don’t think there much out there to beat this product

@@paulukreefer5012 I'm going to test again later to see if the phosphate has reduced. If not, I may add an additional drop.