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Plants and algae both feed on it, so when there is more of it than the plants can use, the surplus goes to the algae.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Aquario's own words: “Bad algae are more likely to occur if there is too much phosphate in the water plants tank. Neo Guard removes excess phosphates in the water. Therefore, it effectively prevents the occurrence of bad algae not only at the beginning of setting but also after that.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat that does in a tank:\u003c\/strong\u003e phosphate is one half of the nutrient pair that feeds most algae, so this removes a driver rather than killing algae already present. It is not an algaecide (a chemical that kills algae outright) and will not clear an existing outbreak on its own. 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Fish and shrimp give off ammonia, which is poisonous; bacteria living in the filter turn that into nitrite, then into nitrate, which is far milder. Nitrate is normally removed by changing some of the water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAquario's own claims: it contains natural amino acids and bacteria food, so “bacteria activate immediately after injection and decompose pollutants”; a high concentration of natural humic acid — the brown, slightly acidic substance that leaches out of leaves and driftwood — which they say “increases fish activity”; and a high proportion of natural rather than artificial minerals, which “provides more buffers to keep the water quality stable”. A \u003cstrong\u003ebuffer\u003c\/strong\u003e is anything that resists a change in acidity, so more buffering means the water's chemistry shifts less easily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat that does in a tank:\u003c\/strong\u003e it works at the nitrate end of the nitrogen cycle rather than on ammonia or chlorine, so it sits alongside water changes rather than replacing them. Aquario are explicit about the limit: “nitrates are reduced only when the filtration cycle is stable and the excess components in the water tank are balanced” — it will not rescue an unstable tank. In plain terms, a tank is \u003cstrong\u003ecycled\u003c\/strong\u003e once it has grown enough filter bacteria to keep up with the animals living in it, which normally takes several weeks. 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