Trisodium Phosphate [Na3PO4] 99.9% ACS Grade Crystals 8 Oz in a Space-Saver Bottle USA
is that the right stuff for phosphate dosing?
is that the right stuff for phosphate dosing?
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Not particularly. A solution of pure trisodium phosphate will be extremely basic (pH about 12), while a solution of monosodium phosphate will be nearly neutral. However, one generally is making this solution fairly dilute to provide a convenient dosing amount, so the effect on the pH of the aquarium will be negligible.
Did you wait for the couldiness to go away or did you pour all of that into your tank and end up with a cloudy tank for a bit?Mix it with RODI water! I just learned that today. Super cloudy mixed with tank water in a jar.
1.88 grams to 1/4 gallon or 1 liter of water for a solution that 1ml of per 26 tank gallons, raises po4 .01
Do you just dose the whole gallon into the system? or slowly? how do you add it exactly?It should work just fine. You got a grade with decent purity.
I dose trisodium phosphate. I mix 2 tablespoons into 1 gallon of RODI for my stock solution. I dose 2 tablespoons into my 300 gallon display. I have a really vigorous export system and I need to dose that much to have any phosphate reading the next morning.
For most situations, I would suggest starting at half or quarter of the dose I use and then measure and that is if you are starting with 0 phosphate with the Hanna ULR.
Do you just dose the whole gallon into the system? or slowly? how do you add it exactly?
Exactly- and based on this confusion, I dosed the entire contents into my tank instead of taking 1ml at a time from the pre mixed solution of my 3 table spoons of DP in 250ml of rodi water.No.
His directions had an unfortunate coincidence (and lack of clarity) of the 2 tablespoons of dry powder to make the dosing solution itself, and what I think he meant was to also dose 2 tablespoons of the resulting dosing solution to the aquarium.
omg its a cleaning solvent?! I got the Disodium Phosphate powder. Food grade.Tsp, is this the cleaning solvent sold in the paint dept?