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homer1475 · 12/19/2017, 06:11 AM

I would not add dry pukani to any tank without first washing it and soaking it for a bit to see if phosphates are an issue.

I just rebooted my tank due to dry pukani leeching massive amounts of PO4 that was fueling algae growth and killing corals. Have a look through my build thread and you'll see the issues and corals I have lost over the course of this last year.

Not an overblown issue at all, but I would not acid wash them for a month. A couple hours in muriatic acid, then a soaking in RO/DI while testing PO4, and possibly using some lanthanum chloride to mop up the PO4. Then and only then would I add it to my tank.

12/19/2017, 06:11 AM	#12
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	I would not add dry pukani to any tank without first washing it and soaking it for a bit to see if phosphates are an issue. I just rebooted my tank due to dry pukani leeching massive amounts of PO4 that was fueling algae growth and killing corals. Have a look through my build thread and you'll see the issues and corals I have lost over the course of this last year. Not an overblown issue at all, but I would not acid wash them for a month. A couple hours in muriatic acid, then a soaking in RO/DI while testing PO4, and possibly using some lanthanum chloride to mop up the PO4. Then and only then would I add it to my tank. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"