Dosing Lanthanum Chloride - A Personal Experience

[siggy]

Agent Green

Size / Treats
118 ml (4,731 L)
118 ml (4,731 L) 1250 gal. Im guessing to drop 1ppm... so for my 85-90 gal system aprox 8.5ml per day ???

 

[SeaDweller]

Agent Green

Size / Treats
118 ml (4,731 L)
118 ml (4,731 L) 1250 gal. Im guessing to drop 1ppm... so for my 85-90 gal system aprox 8.5ml per day ???

lol. I watched that last night. I'd say your dose is correct. Good luck to the both of us!

 

[Dr. Reef]

yes for 90 gal tank 8.5 ml per day to remove 1ppm phos is correct.

 

[SeaDweller]

Well, I can’t believe my eyes. Dosed 25 ml of agent green into the overflow last night. Somewhat smoky, but not really. Anyway, woke up this morning to all of my zebrasomas ALIVE and my po4 is between 0.1-0.25 on salifert. Wow!! I will check it again tonight to see if any po4 leaches out and go on from there. I can’t believe I have my tank back!

 

[Juano908]

when i first started dosing LC years ago. I was diluting 1oz to 1 gal of rodi water. Then dose 500ml per day broken over 24 hrs.
Reason for diluting is the residue/particles it creates can and will hurt tangs and other fish with sensitive gills. It will milky up the water as well and residue will stick to pumps/pipes/impellars and in cases causing malfunction on equipment.
Also remember these products are made to go in thousands of gallons of water compared to our few hundred gal tanks.
LC has tremendous power to bring phos down with just a few drops in given tanks.

Dr.
Do you still have to use a low micron filter sock with your dilution?
Thanks.

 

[miyags]

I was diluting 1oz to 1 gal of rodi water.

Dr Reef.Why is your dilution so high? when some only use 2mills per gallon of RO

 

[Dr. Reef]

I would use 10 micron filter as it does leave precipitation which can be dangerous to fish.

 

[Dr. Reef]

My dilution of 1oz per gal was initially when I first started using LC and phos were really high and my day rock was leaching some serious phos.
Over time amount of LC went down and now I only use a single drop of pure LC once every 10 days and phos remains at 0.03.
What amount of LC you use is upto you.
If you have very high phos levels you will need more LC to rid it. Also remember I was using seaklear aquarium phos remover which itself is a very weak form of LC.

 

[miyags]

A old bottle of Seaklear is what I have. Just trying to figure out what a safe dilution would be per gallon.To start off with.

 

[Dr. Reef]

There is no set in stone as LC has no kit to measure.
I would start low if your tank has normal phos levels.
A few ml in 1 gal of rodi should be just fine.
If phos levels are high and rock leach phos then use a bit higher amount.
2-5ml of LC in 1 gal of rodi water should be a fair start in most tank with lower phos levels.

 

[fernalfer]

I know you guys are dosing this to your display tanks. But I have rock in a brute container of RODI water and want to dose Seaklear LC get rid of leaching phosphates before they go into the tank.

So can I dose a higher amount because their is no fish or corals to worry about?

Also should I drip or pour the LC into a .5 micron sock so nothing sticks to my rock or pumps. Don't want to be scrubbing white precipitate of my rocks.

 

[Dr. Reef]

You can use higher amount in your case but do use a filter sock otherwise there will be residue that will stick to rocks.

 

[fernalfer]

You can use higher amount in your case but do use a filter sock otherwise there will be residue that will stick to rocks.

Any suggestions on a easy way to setup a filter sock in a brute container?

 

[Dr. Reef]

Place the filter sock wedged in between rocks with just a few inches under water and where only LC being dosed goes inside the filter and mixes with water.

 

[siggy]

Hey were are you buying filter socks or filter materials ...10 micron correct? .... Btw I just purchased a a roll filter, I just checked it uses a 20 micron fleece.....what do ya-all think?

 

[Juano908]

Hey were are you buying filter socks or filter materials ...10 micron correct? .... Btw I just purchased a a roll filter, I just checked it uses a 20 micron fleece.....what do ya-all think?

I think 10 micron is the biggest you can go.

 

[Juano908]

I would use 10 micron filter as it does leave precipitation which can be dangerous to fish.

Thanks Dr.

 

[fernalfer]

Place the filter sock wedged in between rocks with just a few inches under water and where only LC being dosed goes inside the filter and mixes with water.

Thanks. Should I also place a powerhead pointed towards the sock so water kind of flows thru it. Or just leave it alone

 

[siggy]

I think 10 micron is the biggest you can go.

10 is tight....that thing will plug in a day ...Im shopping now for a half dozen:mad:

 

[Juano908]

10 is tight....that thing will plug in a day ...Im shopping now for a half dozen:mad:

I know, I got this 7 x 30 inches 1 micron free from work, they ask for a sample of the filler sock to try something but they did not like it so they gave it to me.