Phosphate & Nitrate Sponge!

Does anyone recommend these? If so what kind/brand and where can I get them? Also where do I put them?
I have a red algea starting to develope and I thinks its due to high nitrates, I am in the process of making RO water for 20% weekly water changes, but I wanted to hit this from every angle possible.

Thanks!

 

i like chemi-pure elite

 

Cyano reacts more to the reduction of phosphates, increase in flow and pH at 8.2 of 8.3. Water change is good always but you should test your pH, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium, nitrates and phosphates before you jump into fixing anything. If your nitrates and phosphates you should look into what is causing them to be elevated. You could be feeding too much, have too great of a bioload for your filtration or it could be coming from you water.

I agree with wfb on the chemipure elite.

 

I use phosgaurd and purigen. I also always have a poly filter running.

 

thanks...where do you get them and how are they applied? is it a pad or an additive?

 

chemi-pure is a media,

dont forget the most important thing is controling the source, not so much getting ride of the product

 

you're right....I am going to start 20% water changes this weekend along with feeding less to see if that helps. With RO water of course!
I will pickup a phosphate test to see if I have elevated levels also before i do any treating with chemicals.

I think I need to increase water movement too...I will order a pair of Hydor Koralia 4's to move the water around more.

does that sound like a decent plan/starting point?
Thanks!

 

Sounds like a good start. Tell us what size tank you have and what inhabitants you have please.

 

Its a 135 with live rock and 3 triggers(pink tail, picasso, and one other that kinda looks like the picasso), 1 tang, 2 gold stripe maroon clowns,and one 3 striped damsel.

 

Like others have recommended, the key is to find the source. A lot of times it's due to overfeeding, waste build up or possibly from water. Do u run a skimmer and do you have a TDS meter on your RO unit? I've used pura phos lock in a bag to control phosphate, works great.

Also, do you have bio-balls in your filtration system? If you do, make sure you clean them once in a while or the waste build up would contribute to elevated levels of nitrate. Same goes for LR bubble if you have that in your sump, shake them out in some old salt water during a water change.