Beware of Seachem Phosguard

[Dionysius]

So I have a relatively heavily planted 55 gallon tank. I manage to squeze in 40% daily WC, however, recently I noticed that my phosphates went through the roof. Instead of upping my WC schedule like a reasonable person, I went and purchased Seachem Phosguard. I rinse the product thoroughly, place it in my filter, and POOF a white cloud envelops my aquarium. Discus gasping for air, I go into emergency mode. I remove my fish into a small bucket and proceed to do a 100% water change- 45 minutes before a business meeting- manually... after all’s said and done, the fish are fine, and tank is back to normal. I was late for my meeting but all in all, catastrophe averted.

Just wanted to put it out there, I don’t know what’s up with this product or if I got a bad batch, but be aware!

Dylan

[Filip]

Thanks for sharing your bitter experience with us Dylan .
I can relate to the stress you went through sweating to straight things up while getting late for work at the same time .
I would definitely address this issue to seachem support center if I were in your shoes. Maybe they can share some logical explanation for this havoc their product has caused you . At least they were always helpfull to me when I asked them questions about their products.

[Dionysius]

Thanks for sharing your bitter experience with us Dylan .
I can relate to the stress you went through sweating to straight things up while getting late for work at the same time .
I would definitely address this issue to seachem support center if I were in your shoes. Maybe they can share some logical explanation for this havoc their product has caused you . At least they were always helpfull to me when I asked them questions about their products.

I definitely will contact them just to get a more in-depth exploration of the cause. All of this happened the day before I was supposed to get a shipment of new fish as well.

[pitdogg2]

I've used it for years and have never had that happen. They ask you to rinse it because when it first gets wet it creates heat. In a closed plastic filter it could (unlikely) get hot enough to warp/melt things. While i have felt the heat from it rinsing in cold water i never felt it was hot enough to damage anything then again I'm only using about 2 cups so i guess if you were to use a lot it very well could get hot enough to damage something. I'd call and ask questions like i stated I've used it for years maybe 15 to be honest. I use mine in an Rena XP3 in a bag

[Dionysius]

Shot them a message, no response as of yet.