ben1987 said: Most of the man made dry rocks do leach phosphate for a while. In my experience at least and I also spend an awful lot of time reading this forum. I used real reef rock and some old dried out live rock I'd got left from an old tank. I jet washed the rock first to remove any loose stuff.

I've never used base rock, but know that curing live rock will introduce PO4 that will leach out as the rock ages. When curing the rock, the use of a protien skimmer and phosphate sponge or phosphate removing sheet/filter, or liquid chemical remover, will prevent the rock from absorbing so much. Of course that is the perfect setting from …

Rock, especially Calcium Carbonate (live rock) that has been in water that is high in inorganic phosphate will adsorb phosphate, the depth and level of …

Phosphate is usually the limiting nutrient for the formation of algal blooms in freshwater bodies, so tillage practices must minimize phosphate losses by leaching and surface run-off from cultivated land. Mineral soils usually contain 30–70% of their phosphate in organic forms, and both organic and inorganic phosphate are found in …

A day after mounting to the live rock I started noticing STN from the base, quite literally from the point of the tissue closest to the rock. My suspicion is that …

The phosphate on the rock is in equilibrium with phosphate in the water. So having the rock in water with a low to very low phosphate concentration will slowly …

Reaction score. 1,819. Rating - 0%. 0 0 0. waleedreef said: Dry rock is leaching phosphate. Continue curing, salt water, heater and water change every 2 weeks 50%. No need dose anything. You can't stop dry rock from leaching phosphate unless ph is 8.4 and this not possible in cure stage.

Is here however to cure oder safely remove the live rock of its leaching phosphates out cooking or harmful one live rock in any way? If i just wait it out, will all the phosphates from the live rock be removed? Or is there no other mode? Jump to content. Biological Filtration;

As the waste particles have now gotten smaller they will convert to ammonia, nitrite, and phosphate. Live Rock will actively facilitate the conversion of these toxic chemicals into less harmful products such as …

6) Already doing 10-15% a week Proper 30% per month total water changes will help export the DOC as well as some of the pests in the water column. It will help maintain the micro-nutrients as well. 7) Continuously doing so Physical removal of the pest by hand, scrubbing and siphoning is important as well.

Has anyone else had an issue with Marco rock leaching phosphate. this is a continuation of my last post asking about removing phosphate. I have a 210 gal reef tank total water volume 300 gal. It started with dead sand and marco rock. No live rock was used in this tank. the tank has been running over 3 months. I have not over fed.

In my readings I've been looking for ways to leach phosphates from my old liverock in a more efficient manner than cooking. This is a two-part post. Part 1. As I understand it, cooking liverock provides an environment to convert your system from an algae-driven system to a bacteria-driven...

The trends of REE leaching efficiency were similar to those for phosphoric acid (P 2 O 5). Extensive tests on the leaching residue showed that during leaching, about 90 percent of the REEs were released from the phosphate rock but only 52.82 percent ended up in the leaching solution.

In this situation, the live rock as well as coral sand could absorb the phosphates into its structure. The phosphate in the live rock structure could then start leaching back into your water and cause some serious problems which could not be eliminated easily. This could happen with heavy metals like copper, where someone …

Dosing ab+ makes my corals close up and gives me bad dinos outbreaks so I would suspend that for a while, as one of many variables we're having to guess at given the info so far. no reef tank is going to die without AB being dosed, it's a nonvital additive specifically searchable to cause corals closing up in many tanks. easy omit there to …

Atlantic Reef Conservation (ARC Reef) is a state and federally licensed Aquaculture Facility looking to bring about positive change to our coral reefs. For every 1 lb of Live Rock purchased we deposit 10 lbs of new reef material into the ocean. To date, we have created over 43,500 sq ft. of new coral reefs.

Yep, some rock leaches tons of phosphate. However, muriatic acid doesn't get rid of it. I've tried it (dissolving a good percentage of the rock) and it still leached …

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I'd check for phosphate too; if the rock is leaching phosphate, you might end up battling algae problems. Link to comment. Alexraptor Posted March 27, 2014. ... You would be very surprised how much phosphate can leach out of your Live Rock. Link to comment. seabass Posted March 28, 2014. seabass. 26k USA 🇺🇸 Iowa; Joined 20 yr; Share;

A series of experiments of column leaching under different pHs (pH 1.8, 3.8, 6.5, and 8.5) and calcination at different temperatures (200–1100 °C) were carried out for evaluation of release behavior of iodine in phosphate rock. The modes of occurrence of iodine in the phosphate rock and its leaching and calcination residues were extracted …

I took this Caribsea Liferock dry rock from my tank and put it in this bucket of rodi water. The rodi water had .03 phosphates. I let the rock sit in the bucket for 2 days. The water had .07 phosphates after 2 days. I checked using a Hanna checker.

Is there anywhere to cure either safely remove the live hard of inherent leaching phosphates without cooking or harming the live rock in optional way? If i just wait it out, will all the phosphates from the live rock …

I have been told that my Live Rock is leaching phosphates and is what is causing the algae to form in my tank. The recommendation is that I place a phosban reactor in the tank to remove the phosphates from the water supply thus stopping the algae growth. ... "Simply keeping the pH high in a reef aquarium (8.4) may help prevent phosphate …

The organics will break down into nutrients like phosphate and nitrate this is commonly misinterpreted as the rock leaching nutrients when it isn't the rock itself doing this it's …

My plan is to use my 4.5kg dry rock (caribsea life rock) for my display tank and the 5kg live rock in the sump. I'm on the second week of curing live rock changing the water every 4-5 days and the rock stil …

so far, I've had very little phos in my tank. In fact it's usually too low. Here's my two tanks with the rocks. The display refugium is a new set up--about a month. Main tank has a couple pcs of pukani which is also cool rock, and I love. the way the marco rock makes great swim thrus for the fish. Apr 30, 2017. #9.

Phosphorite, or phosphate rock, is the raw material of phosphoric acid production. It has also been regarded as the most important secondary rare earth element (REE) resource due to low …

Sep 24, 2012. #1. Has anyone else had an issue with Marco rock leaching phosphate. this is a continuation of my last post asking about removing phosphate. I have a 210 gal reef tank total water volume 300 gal. It started with dead sand and marco rock. No live rock was used in this tank. the tank has been running over 3 months. I have not over fed.

Right now, i have a 75 gallon tank with 2 inch live sand, 30 gallon sump with chaeto, Aqua C ev 120, phosphate reactor running rowaphos for about 1 week. I also have 1 small frogspawn, 1 zoa, 1 green paly 4 green/blue chromis and a clown fish pair and CUC. I have a tiny bit of GHA in my tank, and...

Phosphate leaching from live rock? Phosphate leaching from live rock? By stubdog, November 21, 2009 in General Discussion. Start new topic; Recommended Posts. stubdog Posted November 21, 2009. stubdog. 182 South Carolina; Joined 15 yr; Share; Posted November 21, 2009. A recent post noted live rock from an …