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What's everyone's favorite/best media for removing pH4?
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Do you have to use a reactor? What other ways could be used?
I'm testing out Seachem Phosfiltrum at the moment. 1 month in and my Po4 hasn't risen above 0.02ppm and I feed my 2 Clowns and Blood Shrimp pretty generous.
To get the full benefit: GFO needs to tumble in it's own reactor. With out tumbling it turns hard and starts to bind into a single block. You control the tumble with a valve going into the reactor.Do you have to use a reactor? What other ways could be used?
You can mix the go with carbon and put it in a high flow area. That's what I did for a long time .I do have a reactor and currently run BRS's gfo but the problem with it is that I'm gone from home 21 days at a time and it always seems to clog up. That's why I'm asking.
To get the full benefit: GFO needs to tumble in it's own reactor. With out tumbling it turns hard and starts to bind into a single block. You control the tumble with a valve going into the reactor.
Activated Carbon should be packed tightly separate from the GFO. AC is too soft to tumble an will break down into small fines that could lead to HLLE with Tangs.
Does that make sense?
That's a hard one for me...I do have a reactor and currently run BRS's gfo but the problem with it is that I'm gone from home 21 days at a time and it always seems to clog up. That's why I'm asking.
That's a hard one for me...
I run half the recommended dose and change about every ten days.
It seems I get better GFO performance doing it that way.
21 days is a long time being gone. You takes care of feeding / top off / dosing params /etc... while your gone?
So His & Hers share a 240 gallon reef?My wife takes care of everything while I'm gone but I'm passionate about it and she does it out of necessity. Well at first at least. She's grown to love it as well. But...the more and more tasks I put on her it just becomes a chore. I'm simply asking for what people are seeing the best results with, with the least effort.
So His & Hers share a 240 gallon reef?
Do you have to use a reactor? What other ways could be used?
Randy, Did you take down your personal reef?GFO is generally too small for a media bag to work well. You can put in in a canister mixed with GAC, but a reactor is better.
Wow that's a beauty! Love it.Yes! Lol. Been up and running for a little over 2 years but was just recently torn down and started over.