Hi Randy, i've recently dosed Sodium Silicate as a need to combat dinos on sandbed, i got my bottle from https://a.co/d/84vPqZI, and used your recommended dosage of 1ppm. 93mL per 100gal to get 1ppm (I have a 26gal tank so i just 1/4 .93mL). Im assuming that the 40-42 Baume would be small enough in this case, hopefully.
I first made a small stock solution with a 5mL syringe using 1ml of Sodium Silicate with 4ml of RODI, so i would dose 1ml to get close to 1ppm of silica
So i noticed that when creating the stock solution, the solution is clear, but when i dose into my sump, when it enters my tank water it forms some creamy solids, im guessing its the silica? Is this suppose to happen?
And after dosing 3 days ago, today i tested my phosphate(Hanna ULR) and it has shot up significantly(another story but im trying to get my phosphate down slowly) it went from .48 to .63 while it was trending downward.
Another possible cause is a small dose of KCI, cant imagine KCI raising phosphate levels?
I know theres a lot of factors through the turmoil im causing but want to rule out Sodium Silicate possibly causing some reaction to increase phosphate. Thanks Randy.
EDIT
Thanks guys i found this source after further research : https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/high-silica-interference-with-po4-measurement.777022/
I first made a small stock solution with a 5mL syringe using 1ml of Sodium Silicate with 4ml of RODI, so i would dose 1ml to get close to 1ppm of silica
So i noticed that when creating the stock solution, the solution is clear, but when i dose into my sump, when it enters my tank water it forms some creamy solids, im guessing its the silica? Is this suppose to happen?
And after dosing 3 days ago, today i tested my phosphate(Hanna ULR) and it has shot up significantly(another story but im trying to get my phosphate down slowly) it went from .48 to .63 while it was trending downward.
Another possible cause is a small dose of KCI, cant imagine KCI raising phosphate levels?
I know theres a lot of factors through the turmoil im causing but want to rule out Sodium Silicate possibly causing some reaction to increase phosphate. Thanks Randy.
EDIT
Thanks guys i found this source after further research : https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/high-silica-interference-with-po4-measurement.777022/
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