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It will outcompete unwanted substances and loosen the grip of ugly accumulations and coatings making their removal by scraping or vacuuming easy. Its exclusive bacterial formula does much of the work for you, to help provide the beautiful reef or marine aquarium you have always wanted. It will also rapidly breakdown organic waste, leftover food, debris and detritus in marine aquariums, providing essential water quality improvement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse in aquarium keeping.\u003cbr\u003eContinuum recommends that you filter tap makeup water by reverse osmosis, distillation or deionization along with carbon pre-filtration to prevent adding phosphates and silicates to your aquarium. Continuum recommends a phosphate level of less than .02 mg\/l (ppm). If you have high phosphate or silicate levels, you can lower them rapidly by using Continuum Captiv?Phos W or Captiv?Phos Fe or liquid Phos?Correx prior to or while using this product. 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