Reddit Reddit reviews Seachem PhosGuard 500ml

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4 Reddit comments about Seachem PhosGuard 500ml:

u/dreambldr · 3 pointsr/ReefTank

What other options did you try first? This seems like a drastic option to say the least. GHA takes time to get rid of, but draining the tank to spray with HP shouldn't be the first thing anyone tries.

u/typical_tim check out my post and the comments others wrote for good advice and techniques. I linked the last update because it has the 2 other links in it.

What worked for me was a mixture of things.

  1. Limit the light. It wont hurt the coral.

  2. Up your magnesium to around 1500ppm.

  3. Phosgaurd is your best friend!

  4. Remove as much GHA by hand as you can. My clowns are savages so I used an acrylic rof with a designated tooth brush on the end to brush away any GHA I could.

  5. Make sure you have filter floss in place to catch any GHA floating around and change it daily.

  6. High flow (move corals that dont like high flow to lower flow areas) this is key to help move the floating GHA you cant catch into the filter floss. Also GHA doesnt like high flow.


    It took about 3 months for my tank to look amazing again. I tried everything I could before that and was about to get out of the hobby due to it until someone on r/reeftank made a comment to me saying GHA is part of the hobby so get used to it. It comes and goes and as you mature in the hobby you will learn how to deal with it better and better each time.
u/residue69 · 2 pointsr/ReefTank

GFO is the best long term solution, but Phosguard is cheap and works well if replaced when exhausted.

A good skimmer is important in the process too.

The API phosphate test kit isn't sensitive to the low levels you would test in a for in a reef so use just about any other test.

Coralline seems to grow better under blue light, so give it plenty of actinic light.

u/1ce9ine · 2 pointsr/Aquariums

I had a crazy diatom explosion in my 55 gallon African Cichlid tank, and had the same concerns as you. I used a product called [Seachem PhosGuard](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002DGIOW/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_HLLbvb142PPD9
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002DGIOW/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_HLLbvb142PPD9) and it really reduced the rate and overall amount of diatom growth. I put it in a bag and added it to my canister filter. The problem came back after I removed the PhosGuard a couple of weeks later, but it's not nearly as bad now. I'm considering adding it bad every 3rd water change or so.

u/fuct_indy · 1 pointr/ReefTank

I was having sillicate based issues that looked a lot like yours. Put some of this stuff and it cleared up within a few days. My tank is only 90g and I don't think I had as much algae as you, but I would definitely give it a shot.