Half filled mesh with activated carbon. Change monthly. Hanging over my return pump
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I bought a bunch of bags of ROX when Vertex when under. I run it in a BRS reactor hooked up to a manifold. Change it once a month. I make more water than I remove and run the extra through the reactor and dump out so no loose fines in water.
I'm trying to not do GFO. Phosphates are around .25. Not horrible for a 2 month old tank. I only have 2 fish, about to add 3-4 more. It should hopefully help out with my overfeeding.Exactly what i do. The only real pain besides cost is cleaning the carbon before use which this seems the easiest way to do it. I add in some gfo in the same reactor.
What hlle?
Which carbon were you using...?
I'm trying to not do GFO. Phosphates are around .25. Not horrible for a 2 month old tank. I only have 2 fish, about to add 3-4 more. It should hopefully help out with my overfeeding.
Do you have one...?
They have terrible reviews on BRS...
This poll got me to think again about a recent poll regarding amount of rock. I run a 75 gallon with a skimmer and a fuge. I have 100-110lbs porous live rock and raise mostly softie and fish. My amount of rock allows for a very large CUC and hopefully physical space for all types of biodiversity. Some good, maybe some not good although I have no current problems.
I don’t run carbon, never have. I do use a UV sterilizer. I also dose a product named Remediation that seems to help keep things stable.
My question is whether having a great deal of rock is allowing me to keep things very simple as I have provided space for things to grow.
When one adds phytoplankton, etc to a tank, where does it go? Hopefully our corals consume it but I’m wondering if it also attaches to rock etc and “takes up residence.” And provides benefits that we have a hard time directly measuring in relation to it.
So, if you run a minimal amount of rock and/or sand, do you have to rely on technological measures more often and run things like carbon because you don’t have the biodiversity to handle the substances that are being produced?