Looking for a GFO Reactor for a All in one tank...

[Zeal]

Can I guy pure carbon aswell put that also in a media bag? Could place it in my media basket

 

[Zeal]

Idk which to buy Seachem Phosguard or 2 Little fishes Phosban?

 

[joseserrano]

Idk which to buy Seachem Phosguard or 2 Little fishes Phosban?

Either will work fine. There is no best in this hobby, too many variables. Don't be swayed by so many arguments. If you are going to do something, research it thoroughly (don't just post a thread and go with whatever sounds most convincing), and stick to it. Things typically take a while to work, and nothing good happens fast. Also you cant freak out over little imperfections, we do not understand aquarium as much as we like to think we do at times. I know many very successful and smart vendors and hobbyist that will consistently loose things to who knows what.

 

[Mtb_reefer]

Because it strips too much out... phosphate and nitrate for that matter are essential for keeping SPS. Unless you have high phosphates there's absolutely no reason to run GFO... and even then there are better methods for removal.

I added gfo to my nano and it was a death sentence. Once I hit near 0 levels all the problems started. Now I’ve been fighting dinos for 3 months. I have to work out of town occasionally and I’m the soul provider for my tank. When I came home dinos had killed 9 fairly high end frags ranging from acros and montis to tourches and acans. It was a disaster. Luckily in my case vibrant seems to be fighting them back. Now it just a 4 month wait until aquashella to restock.

 

[myzislow]

If you have Sps I would avoid GFO

Why? Many successful sps keepers use and have used gfo for years....

 

[Zeal]

Contacted BRS returned the reactor + the media I Purchased... the SeachemPhosguad, Marineland Carbon and media bags should be here Friday. Let’s see if that works....

I decided I’m going to remove my cheato from my media basket and put phosguard in the 2nd level and carbon in the 3rd level

We’ll see what happens in the coming days

 

[ReefHomieJon]

GFO is the devil

 

[myzislow]

GFO is the devil

Many things when used incorrectly can yield bad results, gfo included.

Drinking too much water at once can be bad, even deadly....

 

[Zeal]

So added carbon and Phosguard did a 5g water change Sunday, haven’t done any water test since then and looks like my Nitrate is around 25 and Phosphates at 0.05.....

Haven’t fed the tank today either

 

[Zeal]

My chambers in my AIO are filled with **** so maybe that’s leeching? I’m gonna try and clean that Saturday and see if anything changes

 

[KHunter0622]

Don’t worry to much about the chambers. As long as you have plenty of live rock, a nice sand bed, and some form of porous media, the tank will probably cycle and balance out. The more changes you make in a short amount of time the less the tank knows what’s going on and the less it can finish adapting to whatever situation.