[Gary Majchrzak]

I sincerely wonder why public aquariums don't use Vodka, Marc.


regarding the Lanthanum chloride: it binds instantly with phosphates upon contact. The 5 micron filter size is important. If you use a larger micron size it's not catching everything that it should in one pass and I would leave the filter in place. Every time that I dose the amount that I've recommended in this thread my filter bag gets totally clogged (immediately) and needs to be rinsed/replaced. I continue to run the filter 24/7 simply because the amount of crud it catches is unbelievable. (I rinse it out daily regardless of whether or not I dosed Lanthanum chloride. I dose the Lanthanum chloride about once every other week now.)
I've never seen any pods in my filter bag since starting this routine several months ago and I've collected two or three micro brittlestars so the impact on microfauna is insignificant IMO.
Stony coral coral growth is improved and (more significantly) coloration in my Acropora is phenomenal -but I'm having a very difficult time capturing it in pictures.