If not-I got a spare pump.
Been listening to your podcast -
I have a back up heater, return pump, protein skimmer pump, and solar battery and natural gas generator with UPS (for the 15 second switchover). Need just the EB power brick now..
Guide: Lanthanum Chloride dosing for Phosphate control
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Been listening to your podcast -
I have a back up heater, return pump, protein skimmer pump, and solar battery and natural gas generator with UPS (for the 15 second switchover). Need just the EB power brick now..
@JVU is correct, the stuff sold for the hobby is a variety of concentrations - so be careful just blindly copying formulas, I linked a handy calculator in the original post.
@Ayman I have not drilled my skimmer yet, running the tube through the top still like in the pic. It’s really such a minor thing it hasn’t bugged me enough to inspire drilling yet.
@L/B Block that’s a cool method and glad to hear the process is working for you. It’s really the best way to manage phosphates, by far. I am curious to see how the tube / pump do over time - I’m still hesitant to run the stuff through the pump. The precipitate likes to stick and cling to stuff, which is the concern I have.
@Ayman I have not drilled my skimmer yet, running the tube through the top still like in the pic. It’s really such a minor thing it hasn’t bugged me enough to inspire drilling yet.
@L/B Block that’s a cool method and glad to hear the process is working for you. It’s really the best way to manage phosphates, by far. I am curious to see how the tube / pump do over time - I’m still hesitant to run the stuff through the pump. The precipitate likes to stick and cling to stuff, which is the concern I have.
@derek_SR- will see what happens over time. I def understand the concern when dosing it undiluted as I was seeing huge white specks in the skimmate.. I only did that temporarily to get a base dose and then knew how much to dilute it by
diluted not so -and hopefully that bypasses the “stickiness”. Skimmer is way overdue for a good cleaning (like it’s never been) so perhaps I’ll do that much sooner than later!
Otherwise really liking the method - really is the most effective way of managing PO4 in a consistent way in my view.
Risk is low - most reported issues seems to be with yellow tangs in particular. A lot of people dose directly into their DT without any filtration with no issues.
Remember that the LaCl binds with Po4 to form a particulate - which, if filtered via skimmer or sock, never really enters the water column. Where you can get into trouble is some combination of these factors - not enough po4 (so the lacl gets loose in the water, overdosing, and/or not filtering.
Safest thing would be to have the skimmer outflow pipe into a filter sock then right? The academy does theirs into the sand filters which get back flushed during water changes, so similar method.
Until this filter sock under water in the back of your sump clogs… then super not safe
Also, as it clogs it will decrease outflow and after cleaning will increase outflow. The way we modulate the skimmer function on most skimmers is by gating this outflow. So with a constantly changing outflow resistance it will always be unstable.
I’ve done the 10 micron filter sock. It gets clogged really fast. I bought 3 sock and figured I could rotate them out. It got old really fast. As time goes on. The socks get clogged faster. Now I inject the dose into the connection pipe between the skimmer body and the pump. Hose is cut at a 45* angle. Back faces the pump. I still have to clean the dose pipe once in a while for build up.