Lanthium chloride

[brownsalt92]

Am I able to add Lanthium chloride to my auto top off water??

 

[Keith_0011]

1. Im going to suggest against it, all of the lanthanum chloride I have ever seen and used settles out of solution almost immediately. I think you would end up with the bottom covered with lanthanum and none in the tank.
2. I think I remember that lanthanum works by binding phosphate into a solid and needs to be removed manually.

Im sure a better expert will chime in. Just my thoughts

 

[marke]

No! You do not want Lanthium to enter your display tank. It should be dripped into a filter sock in the sump to trap the lan and the bound po4 so it can be removed.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

It is chemically OK to deliver it that way.

 

[Waterjockey]

It is chemically OK to deliver it that way.

Just out of curiosity, could you mix Lanthium Chloride in a limewater (kalkwasser) ato? I know there are not many reef things that you can mix with limewater sucessfully, is LC one you could (chemically)? It would be fairly easy for me to move my ato line to feed into a filter sock on the return line.

Thanks!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Just out of curiosity, could you mix Lanthium Chloride in a limewater (kalkwasser) ato? I know there are not many reef things that you can mix with limewater sucessfully, is LC one you could (chemically)? It would be fairly easy for me to move my ato line to feed into a filter sock on the return line.

Thanks!

I think no. I think you will precipitate a hydrated lanthanum oxide, since it (lanthanum hydroxide/oxide) is not very soluble:

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja01355a004

 

[Waterjockey]

I think no. I think you will precipitate a hydrated lanthanum oxide, since it (lanthanum hydroxide/oxide) is not very soluble:

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja01355a004

Thank you!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Thank you!

You're welcome.

Happy Reefing.