Protein Skimmer and Phosphate Dosing

[timqmana]

Do protein skimmers skim out phosphate that is dosed (potassium phosphate or sodium phosphate)?

I'm currently dosing phosphate and am wondering if my skimmer may be too efficient/large for my tank?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

skimmers do not remove phosphate

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

agreed: they do not. :)

 

[rishma]

Agreed with responses already provided. There are other reasons dosing phosphate doesn’t result in measurable phosphate in the water. This includes phosphate binding to calcium carbonate (rock and sand). Organisms can also consume it, but binding to rock and sand is a common reason people don’t see phosphate in the tank after dosing. If you keep dosing it will eventually be measurable in the water.