Vodka to reduce phosphates??????

[Carl Cardarelli]

Has anyone ever use Vodka to lower phosphates in fish only marine tank. If so how much? I have 12 foot 600 gallon tank which the phosphate are out of control (high), have Seachem Phosgaurd running in to reactors for a month still high with 2 water changes of 30% each time. Any advice on reducing it and does Voka really work and dosage amount. Thanks

 

[CALI2949]

ARE YOU OVER FEEDING? TRY SEACHEM PRISTINE

 

[Realposition]

Vodka wont reduce much phosphate compared to nitrate. If you only want to lower phosphate you should look into lanthanum chloride. Make sure to research it before using so you use it in a safe manner.

 

[Gogi]

How high is high?

How's your nitrate levels? Bacteria based nutrient reduction relies on ratios between nitrogen, carbon and phosphate. If your nitrate levels are low, vodka dosing will not help.

PhosGuard (aluminum oxide) should be very effective at binding phosphate, however you should keep in mind that it can get exhausted quickly. This is from their website:

PhosGuard™ is best used in smaller quantities and changed frequently. In an environment with an excessively high phosphate reading, PhosGuard™ will exhaust rapidly (4 – 5 days)

 

[Carl Cardarelli]

How high is high?

How's your nitrate levels? Bacteria based nutrient reduction relies on ratios between nitrogen, carbon and phosphate. If your nitrate levels are low, vodka dosing will not help.

PhosGuard (aluminum oxide) should be very effective at binding phosphate, however you should keep in mind that it can get exhausted quickly. This is from their website:

Thanks

 

[Carl Cardarelli]

How high is high?

How's your nitrate levels? Bacteria based nutrient reduction relies on ratios between nitrogen, carbon and phosphate. If your nitrate levels are low, vodka dosing will not help.

PhosGuard (aluminum oxide) should be very effective at binding phosphate, however you should keep in mind that it can get exhausted quickly. This is from their website:

Thanks

 

[Carl Cardarelli]

How high is high?

How's your nitrate levels? Bacteria based nutrient reduction relies on ratios between nitrogen, carbon and phosphate. If your nitrate levels are low, vodka dosing will not help.

PhosGuard (aluminum oxide) should be very effective at binding phosphate, however you should keep in mind that it can get exhausted quickly. This is from their website:

Thanks

How high is high?

How's your nitrate levels? Bacteria based nutrient reduction relies on ratios between nitrogen, carbon and phosphate. If your nitrate levels are low, vodka dosing will not help.

PhosGuard (aluminum oxide) should be very effective at binding phosphate, however you should keep in mind that it can get exhausted quickly. This is from their website:

Thanks

 

[Carl Cardarelli]

Vodka wont reduce much phosphate compared to nitrate. If you only want to lower phosphate you should look into lanthanum chloride. Make sure to research it before using so you use it in a safe manner.

Thanks

 

[motortrendz]

I'd look into lanthanum that's the cheapest most effective way to remove po4

 

[crusso1993]

Some very good replies already and I only have one thing to add. If YOU use said vodka it may reduce levels of caring about your level of phospates!

Happy Holidays!

 

[mta_morrow]

Carbon dosing does nothing for phosphate reduction.

if you don’t mind chemicals, lanthanum chloride works immediately. Highly recommend dosing half of what is recommended. Then again for a gradual reduction and to learn how effective it is.

if you prefer a media, rowaphos is excellent.

 

[Gogi]

Lanthanum chloride is great if you have very high levels. But we don't really know your levels.

 

[mdavis1032]

What are you using for water storage container? I had extremely high phosphates for years and couldn't figure out why, I found out that it was the plastic container I was using for my ato was leaching phosphates into the system. Changed to a glass ato and with the help of BRS High Capacity GFO in a reactor was finally able to get it under control

 

[scotty333]

Jbl phos ex ultra is the best gfo on the market imo
And yes vodka does reduce po4 , I use to reduce nitrates once a week and it takes phosphate with it

 

[Bruttall]

Has anyone ever use Vodka to lower phosphates in fish only marine tank. If so how much? I have 12 foot 600 gallon tank which the phosphate are out of control (high), have Seachem Phosgaurd running in to reactors for a month still high with 2 water changes of 30% each time. Any advice on reducing it and does Voka really work and dosage amount. Thanks

I have a pretty large system as well, 340-ish gallons and Phos tends to run rampant if I allow it ( to the tune of .60 to .80) I am dosing nearly 40ml daily of Brightwell PHOS-E (Lanthanum Chloride) and dosing in 12 increments it is keeping my phos at or below .10, usually I get readings in the .05 to .08 range.

I picked up a single Kamoer dosing pump, the app is super easy to set up and use, and it adds the PHOS-E 12 times a day directly into my skimmer. That's the key, you dose the LC directly into your Skimmer. Good Luck to you.