My eBay Brightwell Phosphate E Lanthanum Chloride Dosing system

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My eBay Brightwell Phosphate E Lanthanum Chloride Dosing system
I am starting with Brightwell Phosphate E before moving on to the big Guns with pool phosphate remover.
10ML an hour over 4 days or so dosed into my protein skimmer. I am going to start with a 1/2 per day with the dose mixed into 1000 ML of RO water.

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Just make sure that you don't drop the po4 any faster than the aragonige in your tank can release it. The up/down can be a problem but just lowering slowly in a linear fashion.

I am interested to see if the LC will steadily drip or eventually clog. Please keep us updated.
 
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I slowed the rate to 5ml per hour and dosing 1/2 the maximum daily dose over 6-8 days, so hopefully, it wont clog off the RO tubing
 
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So far no clogging issues, no whiteout in the tank, no jump in skimate, just a fine coating of white color on the inside of the RO tubing, but I'm only dosing one drop every 20 seconds, 9.0 ML in 1000 ML of RO water.

I did order a IV Pressure Infusion Bag from Amazon because the top of my skimmer is almost the same height as the bottom of the 1000 ML bag, the drops slow down quite a bit when the bag is almost empty. The pressure bag will ensure the same drops per minute throughout the whole 1000 ML dosing.
 

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How did this system work?! I have been manually dosing 1 ml of Phosphate-E a day… but need to go out of town for 8, then 18, then 20 days.

Looking for options that are fancy dosing systems.
 
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it's just an eBay IV bag with a Braun Rate Flow Regulator I.V. Set, I mix up a set amount of RO water and LC and drip it into my protein skimmer over a week.
 

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