This okay to use to raise Phospate?

[pjdiddy]

I got a bottle but I heard it has to be the "phosporous". What is the difference?

 

[Hitman]

 

[goodefx]

not sure, but I've been dosing it in my reef tank for about a month now with stump remover to raise nitrates and phosphates. My coral were looking very faded, now my shrooms and SPS are finally starting to color up. Be careful and start slow, as things will green (algae) up pretty quickly!

 

[pjdiddy]

not sure, but I've been dosing it in my reef tank for about a month now with stump remover to raise nitrates and phosphates. My coral were looking very faded, now my shrooms and SPS are finally starting to color up. Be careful and start slow, as things will green (algae) up pretty quickly!

Flourish or Flourosh Phosporous? I heard flourish has copper on it.

 

[TexasReefer82]

Flourish or Flourosh Phosporous? I heard flourish has copper on it.

You need the "Flourish Phosphorus" product. The item just named Flourish does not contain any phosphorus or phosphate.

 

[Hitman]

Flourish or Flourosh Phosporous? I heard flourish has copper on it.

It sure dose.

 

[pjdiddy]

It sure dose.

That means bad news right?

 

[Hitman]

And here’s the one for flourish Phosphate
No copper in this one.

 

[pjdiddy]

You need the "Flourish Phosphorus" product. The item just named Flourish does not contain any phosphorus or phosphate.

Awesome, thanks for the clarification.

 

[pjdiddy]

Thanks hitman, you the man!

 

[Hitman]

Correct you do not want copper in or anywhere near your tank.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

You can just buy a material with known purity, such as this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Disodium-Phosphate-FOOD-GRADE-Purity/dp/B013TQVSVQ

 

[pjdiddy]

You can just buy a material with known purity, such as this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Disodium-Phosphate-FOOD-GRADE-Purity/dp/B013TQVSVQ

Awesome. Thanks Randy. Does it have an instruction or recipe?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Awesome. Thanks Randy. Does it have an instruction or recipe?

We have many threads on it:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/sodium-nitrate-and-manosodium-phosphate-dosing.477422/

But dosing phosphate is not like nitrate. From very low levels, if you dose 0.1 ppm phosphate, you might see hardly any in the water after a first dose because it will bind to rock and sand surfaces.