Phosguard for Aquariums Aquarium Supplies

Phosguard for Aquariums

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Category(s):
- Aquarium Phosphate / Nitrate / Metal / Copper Removal

Manufacturer: SEACHEM
Rapidly removes phosphate and silicate from marine and freshwater aquaria.
Not recommended for phosphate buffered freshwater.
Highly porous for high capacity and bead-shaped for optimum water flow.
Outperforms all competing products.

Sizes: 100 mL 250 mL, 500 mL, 1 L, 2 L, 4 L, 20 L, 100 L

Why It's Different
PhosGuard is spherical. Its shape allows for maximum water flow through the media. Granular phosphate removers can become compacted, dramatically limiting their capacity to remove phosphate. If the media can’t come into contact with the water, it can’t remove phosphate from it. PhosGuard is the only spherical phosphate remover on the market. ***Aluminum Oxide IS NOT REGENERABLE. No matter what anyone tells you, baking an aluminum oxide media does not restore its capacity to remove phosphate. This misconception comes from the product’s original intended use: industrial air drying. Obviously, if a product absorbs moisture, the best way to remove that moisture is to bake it out. However, that only removes the water, not the contaminants contained in that water.***

Aluminum Oxide, Soluble Aluminum, and Coral Toxicity
In recent years, there has been speculation that aluminum oxide based phosphate removers like PhosGuard™ release aluminum into the water and subsequently damage corals. The evidence to support this claim was largely anecdotal.

So, through a series of controlled experiments in both freshwater and saltwater, we intended to address both the question of aluminum solubility and aluminum toxicity. The results of these experiments show that under reef conditions (pH near 8) there is no detectable soluble aluminum released from alumina. Under conditions of low pH and high dosage levels, soluble aluminum can be released from alumina; at three times the label dosage rate, we detected 0.2 mg/L aluminum at a pH of 5.3.

Additionally, aluminum oxide is not easily absorbed into the cell to cause negative reactions. Even at three times the dose of PhosGuard™, soft-bodied corals such as Sarcophyton remain unaffected.

Added or Last Modified: 9/21/2015

Phosguard - Size (1 liter) Model: 187

Rapidly removes phosphate and silicate from marine and freshwater aquaria.
Not recommended for phosphate buffered freshwater.
Highly porous for high capacity and bead-shaped for optimum water flow.
Outperforms all competing products.
UPC: 000116018708
1 l.

Phosguard - Size (100 ml) Model: 185

Phosguard - Size (2 liter) Model: 188

Phosguard - Size (250 ml) Model: 186

Phosguard - Size (500 ml) Model: 183

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