Building a Target Filter

"skozzy" wrote in message
u...
What I mean by Target Filter is a tank designed for removing one problem
and
not a general overall filter.

I have on occasions problems with phosphates building up, so I was
thinking
of making a filter to 'Target' phosphates. The question is, what would I
make and where in-line of the water flow would it go.?

The next Target Filter would be Nitrates, where inline would it go and
what
would it be made up of. ?


Humm..... I am not sure what you trying to get at. I understand you want to
remove specific nutrient [Phosphate / Nitrate]. The only general answer is
to remove certain nutrient at it source.

Phosphate -
If phosphate coming from fresh mix - Then Check what what mix is including.
Or if it from the source water, use RO or RODI to remove from that source.
But if it phosphate from food, check what ingredient that come with that may
have phosphate. ..... Etc ....

Nitrate -
Nitrate is a by-product of Nitrite that was broken down by mean of bacteria.
It also from food / poop / decay - etc... You can not really remove the
source since it a by-product of something before it. The only option is to
reduce it by mean of other thing like PS / Algae / LS - etc ... So if you do
not want nitrate, you can target by not feeding food or have inhabitant to
your tank. Simply do not have any inhabitant that will or can produce
nitrate or by-product of something before to get nitrate. Simply have a
empty tank.

CapFusion,...