Phosphate In Tap Water

[rocknurworld2006]

ive just found out that we have phosphate in our tap water, i will test it soon and find out if its true.

is there a way of getting rid of it , will using ro water get rid of it?

 

[jennybugs]

AFAIK RO water doesn't have any impurities in it as these are removed in the making of it.

I only use RO in my tank

 

[rocknurworld2006]

AFAIK RO water doesn't have any impurities in it as these are removed in the making of it.

I only use RO in my tank

yes thats wat i thought

 

[aberdeen aquarist]

ive just found out that we have phosphate in our tap water, i will test it soon and find out if its true.

is there a way of getting rid of it , will using ro water get rid of it?

Chris,

DO NOT USE TAPWATER FOR YOUR MARINE TANK!!

Told you before to use only RO water, it's just not worth the risk.
There are plenty of people who can give you RO water up here, yo ujust need to ask.

 

[rocknurworld2006]

ive just found out that we have phosphate in our tap water, i will test it soon and find out if its true.

is there a way of getting rid of it , will using ro water get rid of it?

Chris,

DO NOT USE TAPWATER FOR YOUR MARINE TANK!!

Told you before to use only RO water, it's just not worth the risk.
There are plenty of people who can give you RO water up here, yo ujust need to ask.

yes i am dont worry lol

 

[andywg]

DO NOT USE TAPWATER FOR YOUR MARINE TANK!!

I just want to clarify that whilst the above may be true for the OP, it is by no means accurate when applied to general fish keeping. Indeed, if one is not going to keep corals then there is no real reason to use RO water as nitrates, phosphates and silicates do not cause problems to fish at the levels seen in tap water. If you get too much algae in a FO or FOWLR then you should consider toning down the lights (and asking why you are wasting so much energy on such powerful lights).

 

[SkiFletch]

Yup. Also FYI, there are about 5 ways to remove phosphates all with their advantages/disadvantages.

RO water is by far the easiest
Grow a LOT of macroalgae with a really high powered light in a refugium which isn't practical for many people, nor energy efficient
Use a deionization filter on your tapwater directly. EXPENSIVE as DI resin on tapwater doesn't last long, you're constanly buying new resin
Use granular ferric oxide. Also expensive, GFO isn't cheap and you'd again need a lot of it to remove that much phosphates
Use Lanthanum Chloride (pool phosphate remover). This may be cost effective, but requires mechanical filtration and is still very experimental with marine tanks. No livestock guarantee here

 

[andywg]

One extra way to remove phosphates: Algae turf scrubber.