I've been meaning to follow up on this thread. I followed the package directions for both the NO3 and PO4. I assume the soaking is to ensure the media is thoroughly saturated with water, but who knows....
I'm three weeks into using both the NO3 and PO4. The tank was very cloudy from the NO3 media for the first few days. Despite what I thought was a very thorough rinsing and 24 hour soaking, there was still a lot of fines coming from the media. It didn't seem to affect anything but I hate cloudy water so it was a bit annoying. It has settled down now so I'm planning on stopping at the LFS this week to pick up new NO3 and PO4 test kits to see where my levels actually are, but visually, everything in the tank looks great.
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Current Tank Info: 200 gallon custom Marineland DD peninsular tank. LPS dominated mixed reef. Previous 90 gallon mixed reef TOTM April 2009.
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