alright i don't forum much but i am definitely one for details, so here they are in case others are too. The gfo has been going all day, couple things happened while starting it up, i did get the canisters full of water first and ran about four gallons through into a bucket which i was going to replace as a micro water change, the level in the sump dropped causing my skimmer to increase flow slightly over flowing ( it was already pretty full ready to be cleaned) as quickly as i could, i shut the skimmer off, so... the gfo was running then skimmer problem, then i noticed the whole tank went cloudy, i grabbed a new filter sock (because while i hate them and haven't been using them at all) but it was new and i didn't think anything of putting it in to maybe catch the cloudiness that was happening (idk), skimmers cup is already back on before the sock was added didn't even get to add both because the skimmer immediately starting pulling out what seemed to be very soapy bubbles, i freaked and took the filter sock out.... must have chemicals or something from manufacturing .... i added one cap full of flourish later when the tank had cleared up,.... i think the gfo is already spent, really good tumble on it earlier come home its flat just sitting there and theres all kinds of bubbles in the canister like a sprite in a clear glass, and it looks dark too. anyways upped the flow a little bit get it back to some movement, cyano in the fuge looks much weaker already
i guess ill test with api tomorrow, i only have two packets left for the hanna and id like to use them in like a week or two, if i see any kind of drop to say .30 ill change out the gfo, i know it would probably be usually good for like a month or even way more in a normal system but with the levels high i want to export the phosphate asap even though it probably too fast. the rock is coming out for a re-aquascape, add sand, syphion bed, rock rinse and scrub
i guess ill test with api tomorrow, i only have two packets left for the hanna and id like to use them in like a week or two, if i see any kind of drop to say .30 ill change out the gfo, i know it would probably be usually good for like a month or even way more in a normal system but with the levels high i want to export the phosphate asap even though it probably too fast. the rock is coming out for a re-aquascape, add sand, syphion bed, rock rinse and scrub