Originally Posted By: esshup
It all depends on the Ortho P reading how much you need. If you can get alum and hydrated lime, I'd look into going that route first due to costs involved. Price PhosLoc and you'll see what I mean. I know PhosLoc is slightly different than alum/hydrated lime, but I'd like to see an honest side by side test to show whether PhosLoc works better.

It's calculated on acre foot of water, not strictly surface acres.


Read this, you might find what your looking for:
Comparison of P-inactivation efficacy and ecotoxicity of Alum and Phoslock


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