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I have been dosing this to the overflow which passes through 100 micron socks, then skimmer,I am so sorry Bill.
I dose LC on a roughly monthly basis, and I have recommended its use here repeatedly. Which now worries me.
As painful as it will be, I hope you are able to help us understand fully what transpired. I will go back for the video; perhaps you already covered it.
Hey Scott do you use Sea Klear for pools, or one of the aquarium products with LC?I have been dosing this to the overflow which passes through 100 micron socks, then skimmer,
I just ordered 5 micron socks before I do this again. The 100s clog pretty quick, so guessing I will need to be on guard with these. Without tangs, my tank goes to s*** pretty quick so I wanna make the effort. Again, sorry Bill.
Tropic Marin Elimi-Phos. I've not done any math but assume it is rather diluted relative to the pool products. The dosing instructions give me some comfort, and my experience gives me the rest. I get a fairly consistent result each time according to Hanna. I have had ich in the past and have NOT gone fallow, so I do worry about my tang/foxface population when doing this. There are enough anecdotes out there. Unlike with carbon, I don't drink and dose at the same time.Hey Scott do you use Sea Klear for pools, or one of the aquarium products with LC?
I use the same elimi-phos for years with no issues. I’ve even added the dose directly to the display display. I now dose the overflow or crash box. I have a gem, yt, scopas, white tail and hippo.Tropic Marin Elimi-Phos. I've not done any math but assume it is rather diluted relative to the pool products. The dosing instructions give me some comfort, and my experience gives me the rest. I get a fairly consistent result each time according to Hanna. I have had ich in the past and have NOT gone fallow, so I do worry about my tang/foxface population when doing this. There are enough anecdotes out there. Unlike with carbon, I don't drink and dose at the same time.
Every two-three weeks, I dose 10ml to drop my PO4 by about .05 in a 140G display, and about 17ml in my 280G frag to do roughly the same. I mix it with some RODI & slowly, manually, dose it to the top of my overflow over an hour or so. Replace socks some time afterward.
I learned about the fish problem in your interview (sorry about that), but missed the source of the SPS troubles. Are they related? Was there a phosphate deficit or spike?Seeing improvement in the sticks daily!
Yes they were most definitely related. I'm not exactly sure what caused the SPS to brown out, but within 4 days of the LC incident they all started browning out. I suspect there may have been some smaller fish that died and ended up in the rockwork where I didn't find them, causing. I lost a few colonies, all of which I have backups for. They are showing daily improvement now although it will still be a while until they are fully colored up again.I learned about the fish problem in your interview (sorry about that), but missed the source of the SPS troubles. Are they related? Was there a phosphate deficit or spike?
Whatever it was, I am glad you are back on the path.