Red Sea NO3:PO4-X Nitrate & Phosphate Reducer 1 Liter

Great

Works great for my reef tank.

By VLADIMIR BALOG on PetStore.com - Mar 5, 2013

Incredible change!

Waited to do this review until I have used it for a month. Nitrates were out of control in my tank, my test kit water looked blood red after adding the test solutions, had done water change after water change without any affect. Was looking for an alternative, had read about vodka method and the variance in recommendations for that scared me. Decided to give this a try. Tank is a 120 gallon reef...
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Waited to do this review until I have used it for a month. Nitrates were out of control in my tank, my test kit water looked blood red after adding the test solutions, had done water change after water change without any affect. Was looking for an alternative, had read about vodka method and the variance in recommendations for that scared me. Decided to give this a try. Tank is a 120 gallon reef with 12 small fish, at maturity for all will be about 52 inches total of fish. Also had a hair algae bloom coming on strong. Dosing on the low end, 12 ml a day. Results have been fantastic. Nitrates are testing at about 1 or 2, probably could use a more sensitive test kit. Also added a bubble aerator due to concern with oxygen depletion. The pump had two outlets, so ran a stone into each of the tanks two overflows, so you can't even see them. Hair algae slowly turned brownish green, and has stopped growing and the fish and crabs and snails have got it almost gone. Water is perfectly clear. Been at 12 ml daily since the start, going to start reducing here shortly to try to find my maintenance dose. I know it has been said before, but don't even think about using this without a protein skimmer. The crap that gets pulled out is a black liquid that looks like used motor oil. Overall highly recommended, not a single drawback. Will use this forever.

By KEITH KAUFFMANN on PetStore.com - Dec 11, 2012

stuff works!

After taking my biopellets off line a few months ago and doing alot of traveling for work, I started having some nitrate issues due to lack of weekly W/Cs. I had gone to bi-monthly W/Cs, aggresive protien skimming (wet) with heavy use of carbon to compensate for my away schedule. After losing several corals, the ones remaining were not happy campers since my trates had risen to over 20ppm. Not...
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After taking my biopellets off line a few months ago and doing alot of traveling for work, I started having some nitrate issues due to lack of weekly W/Cs. I had gone to bi-monthly W/Cs, aggresive protien skimming (wet) with heavy use of carbon to compensate for my away schedule. After losing several corals, the ones remaining were not happy campers since my trates had risen to over 20ppm. Not horribly high but way higher than I can remember for some time. After a couple weeks of W/Cs and continued wet skimming/heavy carbon use, The nitrates were not coming down so I decided to give the NO3-Po4X a try for the heck of it before doing a heavier sump and bed cleaning. After 4 days of use my nitrates are down from over 20ppm to 2ppm. No other methods were used other than the dosing and previously unsuccessfull W/Cs. I will cut my dosing in half to maintain levels when it's below 2ppm which could be tonight. Stuff works!

By STEVE WHITMAN on PetStore.com - Nov 2, 2012

Awesome

I've spent almost a year trying to get hair algae under control. No matter how many water changes I did per week, I could not get nitrates down and the algae was winning the war. Two weeks after starting to use this product, the algae started dying off. By week number four, 90% of it was gone! The corals look very plump, bright and happy. This is simply incredible.

By MIKHAIL GRIDNEV on PetStore.com - Sep 25, 2012

Great product

My tank has never looked better.

By FRANCES HUNTER on PetStore.com - Sep 25, 2012