Phoslock & nitratelock do they work?

[ml708]

Anyone can share their experience with the products?

[diki88]

Bro, I think you've been looking around for a po4 and nitrate solution. I have no experience with both products but if u want to control po4, rowaphos is a highly recommended product. With regards to nitrate, its a highly debatable topic when an item says it's able to bind nitrate. A quick browse on RC will allow u to know more where well known fish "chemist" Mr Randy Holmes Farley debunk the use of products that says they bind nitrate. Many recommend large water changes will be sufficient and good husbandry.

Secondly, theres this term called Redfield Ratio where for x unit of nitrate to drop, y unit of po4 has to be present, vice versa. So u got to keep in mind in the future when po4 is zero but u cant seem to lower nitrate.

Anyways, rowaphos is a good product. Or if u want to do something diff, gdbye po4 is also a good profuct. Its lanthanum chloride. U need a good skimmer for that.

[ml708]

Yup I use rowaphos in my phosphate reactor but it does not seem to really help much. I dose goodbye PO4 and AZ-NO3 which keeps my levels near 0. Was looking for alternatives that might help as well haha

[diki88]

Ahhh cool! Just wait it out then. If u really want alternatives, how about vodka dosing? And can incorporate mb7 as well. But must do extensive reading on it.

[dragoncube]

I want to try vodka dosing, buy I think my skimmer is underpowered.

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