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I’m running chemipure eliteHey! its me! from your other thread! Last we saw your phosphate is at .1ppm not 1ppm
You may be better off putting the chemipure elite back in your tank and letting the GFO it contains slowly bring your phosphate down to .02 - .04ppm.
Just a thought to save some $$ and stress.
Im seeing tiny bits of Dinos in my tank. Check previous threadI'm not sure why people are saying lanthanum isn't good to deal with lower levels of phosphate. I've been dosing it just fine and my phospates don't ever get over .1-.2
I dose it directly into the neck of my protein skimmer. You want to dose it near whatever your best means of mechanical filtration.
If you have an overflow that leads to a filter pad or sock, dose it right into your overflow box.
There's also no reason to get "scared". High Phosphates are not going to kill anything.
Im seeing tiny bits of Dinos in my tank. Check previous thread
Im going to dose it directly into my skimmer or media basket, since I have a AIO tank
RandyBe very careful. Lowering phosphate too much may make the dinos worse which is a far worse problem than elevated phosphate.
Randy
this post is a little old but could I get some clarification on your above statement please? I got Dino's about a month ago and have been fighting them ever since. understanding that water changes only fuel Dinos I have not done a water change in 2 months. (normally do monthly) when Dino's broke out in my tank my levels were at Phosphate .07 and Nitrates were at 5. They are now .18 and 12. In the beginning I lowered my lighting period and took all whites out while I tried dosing microbacter 7. (kept getting worse) then I started dosing Dino X with manual removal into my a sock in my sump every day. (not getting worse, but does not seem to be doing much). Now I decided to raise my temperature in my tank from 79 to 82. It has been at 82 now for almost 48 hours (cant tell if its having an effect yet). But a lot of my corals are looking unhappy, my acros have browned out, and I can only attribute this to the jump in phosphate (my tank has never been this hight before). Since I am trying temperature now, I thought it would be safe to bring down my phosphate to .07-.01 which Is where I like to keep it. With so much info out there on Dino's I honestly don't know what to do to make sure my nutrients don't keep rising.