Phosphate maintenance

[deaclauderdale]

Is this product OK for use in maintaining phosphate levels?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I can't see anything there about purity or grade.

 

[deaclauderdale]

I can't see anything there about purity or grade.

I'll have to pull that info offline

 

[deaclauderdale]

I'm having trouble locating the info, but is the other item OK for use?

 

[deaclauderdale]

I pulled this description.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Fertilizer grade isn't generally a good recommendation, but 99.8% statement means it is likely OK.

For the life of me I cannot imagine why they have that deuterated info. There are probably six people in the world who care about such a thing, and none of them would buy fertilizer grade to do nonlinear optics. lol

 

[deaclauderdale]

Fertilizer grade isn't generally a good recommendation, but 99.8% statement means it is likely OK.

For the life of me I cannot imagine why they have that deuterated info. There are probably six people in the world who care about such a thing, and none of them would buy fertilizer grade to do nonlinear optics. lol

Then I will scrap the potassium phosphate (fertilizer grade) and only keep the potassium nitrate as its the 99.8% pure. Any recommendations on where to purchase high quality potassium phosphate?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Why pick potassium phosphate rather than sodium phosphate?

https://www.amazon.com/Swanson-100-Monosodium-Phosphate-grams/dp/B008BRBVZW

 

[scoopsthedog]

Why not GFO reactor? Dropped my Phosphate from 1.36 to .16 overnight.

 

[deaclauderdale]

Why pick potassium phosphate rather than sodium phosphate?

https://www.amazon.com/Swanson-100-Monosodium-Phosphate-grams/dp/B008BRBVZW

No particular reason other than I'm new to having to dose either nitrate or phosphate so I'm not as versed on what I should be purchasing. I will grab what you've linked on Amazon.

 

[deaclauderdale]

Why not GFO reactor? Dropped my Phosphate from 1.36 to .16 overnight.

Not reducing, I'm raising both phosphate and nitrates.

 

[jmsalt1]

Why pick potassium phosphate rather than sodium phosphate?

https://www.amazon.com/Swanson-100-Monosodium-Phosphate-grams/dp/B008BRBVZW

Swanson no longer offers a 100% pure, only 98%, confirmed w them today. Would Loudwolf 99.9% pure food grade trisodium phosphate be a better choice now or splitting hairs here?

 

[ckalupa]

Loudwolf is very good for this.