Lanthanum Chloride

[Jack Ravensbergen]

Nice! This is why I want to try LC. I think it will be much more accurate and stable once I find the sweet spot vs. GFO. After all, stability is king in the reefing world, right?

Stability

 

[JGT]

Stability

Beauty!
I have noticed my corals showing much more color when I keep my PO4 just under .10. Once I go over I feel that they are not as vibrant.

 

[GARRIGA]

Couldn’t this be dosed with a flocculant such a coral snow making mechanical extraction more effective for those lacking a skimmer or 5 micron sock?

How does one remove the remnants identified by ICP? Unless those levels insignificant and don’t accumulate.

 

[edd59]

Couldn’t this be dosed either a flocculant such a coral snow making mechanical contraction lore effective for those lacking a skimmer or 5 minutes crown sock?

How does remove the remnants identified by ICP? Unless those levels insignificant and don’t accumulate.

+1 on how to remove remnants.

 

[SPR1968]

You don’t really need to over complicate using this, just go carefully with it.

I’ve used Agent Green for years, no doser, just adding it to a high flow area in the display and it disperses into a cloudy haze as the reaction occurs. No issues with fish.

If your making your own, use a dilute version.

 

[JGT]

So was thinking about how many of us dose LC in our tanks, into filter socks, into a skimmer, both, etc. Basically isolating it from the DT.
As a result, since the LC is interacting with a very small percentage of the overall water in the DT and is then removed via mechanical filtration, how is it so effective at removing PO4?

 

[Pistondog]

So was thinking about how many of us dose LC in our tanks, into filter socks, into a skimmer, both, etc. Basically isolating it from the DT.
As a result, since the LC is interacting with a very small percentage of the overall water in the DT and is then removed via mechanical filtration, how is it so effective at removing PO4?

The lc is reacting with most of the dt water, not a small percentage.
If you dose into a sock , over time, most tank water will go thru it.
Same with skimmer.
This is why it is necessary to drip/dose slowly. If you are not then some lc will escape into the dt, regardless of the intent.

 

[JGT]

So was thinking about how many of us dose LC in our tanks, into filter socks, into a skimmer, both, etc. Basically isolating it from the DT.
As a result, since the LC is interacting with a very small percentage of the overall water in the DT and is then removed via mechanical filtration, how is it so effective at removing PO4?

Maybe need our resident chemist to weigh in. #RandyHolmes

The lc is reacting with most of the dt water, not a small percentage.
If you dose into a sock , over time, most tank water will go thru it.
Same with skimmer.
This is why it is necessary to drip/dose slowly. If you are not then some lc will escape into the dt, regardless of the intent.

So you’re saying the PO4 gets bound to the LC and caught by the filter sock AND the unbound LC also gets caught by the filter sock and then over time will bind with more PO4 as the DT water moves through the sock. That seems logical.

 

[Pistondog]

Maybe need our resident chemist to weigh in.

So you’re saying the PO4 gets bound to the LC and caught by the filter sock AND the unbound LC also gets caught by the filter sock and then over time will bind with more PO4 as the DT water moves through the sock. That seems logical.

I dont know about the unbound lanthanum, i dont think it gets filtered by a sock. The binding is pretty quick so if there is po4 in the water, diluted drops of lc will get bound up with no lanthanum leaving the sock.
I drip into the overflow and catch in the sock to best insure all lanthanum gets bound in the sox.
It is important not to use lc unless the po4 is sufficiently high to help insure binding quickly before unbound lanthanum reaches the dt and livestock.