Lowering Phosphates

Jackooze · May 9, 2019

I am considering using Blue Life Phosphate RX after many people here recommended it.

Should I stop running my GFO Reactor during the time I am dosing this product ?

One I achieve the P level should I turn on my Reactor to maintain that level ?

Anyone have any other recommendations of similar products I can do research on ?

Thanks.

Mjrenz · May 9, 2019

Jackooze said:
I am considering using Blue Life Phosphate RX after many people here recommended it.

Should I stop running my GFO Reactor during the time I am dosing this product ?

One I achieve the P level should I turn on my Reactor to maintain that level ?

Anyone have any other recommendations of similar products I can do research on ?

Thanks.

I've never used gfo but I do use phosphate rx. It will drop phosphates quick so I use it at about 1/10 of the recommended dosage on the bottle over the course of several days. If you monitor your levels and dose it a little bit at a time to maintain them it's really all you need. You'll likely remove too much if you or both

Jackooze · May 10, 2019

Mjrenz said:
I've never used gfo but I do use phosphate rx. It will drop phosphates quick so I use it at about 1/10 of the recommended dosage on the bottle over the course of several days. If you monitor your levels and dose it a little bit at a time to maintain them it's really all you need. You'll likely remove too much if you or both

Thanks. I don’t have filter socks but use Klir Filter fleece. Should I dose directly into the tank ?

Mjrenz · May 10, 2019

Jackooze said:
Thanks. I don’t have filter socks but use Klir Filter fleece. Should I dose directly into the tank ?

I add it to my sump, if you are running a skimmer then that's all you need to remove the phosphates. The water will turn a little cloudy but clear up in a few hours, you'll need to wait at least 24 hours to test your levels again to make sure that you're getting an accurate reading. You should use a Hanna ulr to test because it's easy to strip all your phosphates and you don't want to do that