Safety effort turns into accident

[stupid_naso]

Ok, for the past couple months I have been dealing with algae problem. These past couple of weeks red algae has been my biggest problem. So what I decided to do was UltraLife for red algae remover (recommended by two different LFS, which was claimed works better than chemi-clean), and Phos-Absorb for general algae problem.
Put in the UltraLife just fine. Until I tried to put in the Phos-Absorb. The pouch was too big to put into my filter. Consequently, as stated by the direction, I took out some of the content of the pouch and put it into my filter. What happened next? My filter started blowing off little white Phos-Absorb. They are everywhere, mixed with sand, on top of lr, corals, everywhere <img src="graemlins//uhuh.gif" border="0" alt="[U-Huh]" /> . I gave up. I stop the filter and went to the movies .
When I got home I decided to use the pouch, with only small amount of it left, tied it, and put it into my filter. Works fine. However I still have those white stuff everywhere. Will it do me or my tank any harm? It's ok, right? I just need someone to tell me that it's ok, that I don't need to pick those up, one by one. It's just impossible. I cannot tell the difference btw that and my sand. So someone just please tell me I'm ok .
Thanks,
stupid_naso

 

[byrself]

i surely don't know the damage that could cause, but maybe you could siphon some of it up? it may be lighter than the sand. just something to try maybe. <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0" alt="[confused]" />

 

[stupid_naso]

I'll change my water weekly, so I'll try to do that.
Thanks,
stupid_naso

 

[fishymissy]

Yeah, try and remove it when you clean but I honestly don't think much damage will be done if you miss some.
I use the Phos-zorb too, and that pouch IS big, so what I do is cut open the pouch, then spoon some into the filter bag with the carbon. I have a small tank too and that pouch is too much to use for my 20g. It ends up where I use 1/3 of the pouch every month.
HTH