Like I said earlier, how often are quick fixes a good thing in this hobby? Sometimes we are more interested in a quick fix then solving the real problem.

The real problem with excess phosphate in a lack of adequate nutrient export. More is going in then is coming out in the form of skimmate, mechanical or chemical filtration, precipitation with Kalk, and macro growth. Adding a product like this may fix it once, but what is being done to prevent it happening over and over again?

I support the idea of managing our aqauriums as an ecosystem. Everything is interconnected. We make one change and it has downstream impacts somewhere else. Adding chemicals is rarely a good idea to solve a problem. It may solve the problem in the short term but what has it changed somewhere else. I can give two good examples: Chemiclean is a great product, but does it permanently solve a cyano problem? No, the conditions that existed that created the cyano outbreak still exist and it will come back. How many people have done more damage to their tanks using Flatworm Exit then was ever possible by leaving the flatworms in the tank? I'm not dumping on FE, I have used it in the past. It is a good product if used properly, but again it is not a permanent solution. In the case of flatworms I don't think there is a permanent solution. It all comes down to management.

I believe that panic is the worse thing that happens to us in any situation. If there is a lesson to be learned going for the quick fix is rarely a good idea. Understandably this is human nature and we do so with the best of intentions. However, sometimes we just need to sit back and take a look at the bigger picture before making such decisions.

OK, I'll shut up now.