phosphate question.

[lars]

I read earlier online that if you drip your kalk next to your skimmer intake it can help lower phosphate? I can understand the science on it but does anyone know this to be true? It would be very easy for me to do but I'm concerned about reducing my skimmer performance. I already run a kalk stirrer so I would just drop the output near it. Thanks in advance.

 

[lars]

Bump

 

[powdermonkey]

Bump

Hmmm, never heard of kalk helping with phosphates. People dose LC and that out put you want to go into your skimmer. I assure you LC will KNOCKOUT phosphates.

 

[lars]

From what I understand kalk helps precipitate phosphate out the water. I guess being by the skimmer intake when it does fall out the skimmer can remove it. This is my guess but I did read the part about running your kalk line to your skimmer intake. Might just be a false statement.

 

[powdermonkey]

From what I understand kalk helps precipitate phosphate out the water. I guess being by the skimmer intake when it does fall out the skimmer can remove it. This is my guess but I did read the part about running your kalk line to your skimmer intake. Might just be a false statement.

Any chance you have a link to that statement? I would like to read the entire thread.

 

[lars]

I'm sure I could find it again. Give me a bit.

 

[powdermonkey]

Yup
Phosphate and the Reef Aquarium by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

 

[lars]

This isn't what I originally read but I thought this was a good write up on it. Seems it probably isn't a great idea. Dripping kalk into the skimmer to remove Phosphate - Reef Central Online Community

 

[lars]

You beat me to it.

 

[Reefing Madness]

What Your Grandmother Never Told You About Lime by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

So as you read, and notice, it will to some degree, but bring them down, it won't. you still need to use something to bring those levels down.