Phosphate removal - running phosar hc in slow flow hob filter??

jcm1229 · 05/05/2008, 01:31 PM

I have a few smaller tanks and want to run some phosphate remover (I have phosar-hc). I don't want to buy/setup a reactor. I have a nano-sized hob filter (16gph) that I could run with the media in a filter bag. This slow flow should increase the contact time with the media.

Is this approach good or worth while?

Thanks!

impur · 05/05/2008, 01:47 PM

Thats how i did it for about 6 months. Worked fine.

05/05/2008, 01:31 PM	#1
jcm1229 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Park Ridge, IL Posts: 1,780	Phosphate removal - running phosar hc in slow flow hob filter?? I have a few smaller tanks and want to run some phosphate remover (I have phosar-hc). I don't want to buy/setup a reactor. I have a nano-sized hob filter (16gph) that I could run with the media in a filter bag. This slow flow should increase the contact time with the media. Is this approach good or worth while? Thanks! __________________ Chicagoland Marine Aquarium Society (CMAS) Current Tank Info: 37 gallon tall, 300w VHO, 42# LR, 2 Perc clowns, small yellow tang, midas blenny, LPS and SPS, 15g growout - 150w 14k MH, 20g Ricordea tank, 75 fowlr in the planning

05/05/2008, 01:47 PM	#2
impur Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 4,262	Thats how i did it for about 6 months. Worked fine. __________________ Great spirits often encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds. Current Tank Info: 75gal, 20gal sump, 6-54w T5 TEK