What form of PHOSPHATE control do you use for the best SPS and Coralline growth? - Page 2

CleveYank · 03/30/2010, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by AD87

GFO is the way to go. Ensuring you TDS is zero out of your RODI unit.

I hate to babysit my tank with vodka dosing having to dose manually everyday is such a pain. Plus when I go on vacation I dont want to try to explain how to run a reef to a reef dummy and explain why my fish need vodka in thier tank.

I didn't like the alk sensitivity.

joe22883 · 03/31/2010, 12:38 AM

Im a gfo'er that still has some algae. not to clean, not to dirty.

rgrobe · 03/31/2010, 12:45 AM

RODI water, rinse my food, and GFO in a reactor. My phosphates stay below .025 consistently. Check regularly with a Hanna photometer.

CleveYank · 04/02/2010, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by joe22883

Im a gfo'er that still has some algae. not to clean, not to dirty.

I think a little bit of algae is a good thing. Besides what would the clean up crew and pods live on if it were sterile, right?

CleveYank · 04/06/2010, 04:03 AM

Well looks like the GFO'ers have it.

jbird69 · 04/06/2010, 08:08 AM

I just grow chaeto

goldenseal · 04/06/2010, 08:26 AM

.... I do a little of this and that..

.. a little cheato
..a little phos ban
..a little carbon

a lot of water changes....

SkyPapa · 04/06/2010, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by sanababit

Senior Member of the "Hardly any Water Changes, Temp Swinging, T5ing, No Qtining, Frag Exchanging for Fish Food Club" HWCTSTNQFEFFC

I didn't know there was a club, but I think I qualify.

wmilas · 04/06/2010, 11:06 AM

I dose VSV (vodka, sugar, vinegar). I used to use GFO. As someone mentioned I didn't like the alk sensitivity from gfo... I was having alk precipitate on the gfo granules. I dose via an automated pump 3 times a day... so no manual work just like GFO.

I also like how the VSV dosing takes up P AND N

Conesus_Kid · 10/20/2010, 12:48 PM

Lanthanum chloride here.

aleonn · 10/20/2010, 01:24 PM

Currently use carbon and phosban in my 37g. Will use chaeto, bio-pellets, carbon, and maybe an ATS in my upcoming 180.

sirreal63 · 10/20/2010, 02:05 PM

VSV for many years...set up BP pellet reactor months ago with restart of my tank and have had to take GFO out, stopped the Ozone and seems my tank is too clean now. I stopped rinsing frozen food, chaeto is barely hanging in there, I just reduced the BP quantity to try and keep a little more nutrients into the system. It is nice to not have to clean the inside of the glass any more though. YMMV

mrsmithers · 10/20/2010, 02:23 PM

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View Poll Results: What form of phosphate control do you use?
GFO with a properly setup reactor.	108	59.67%
Carbon dosing with bacteria (vodka or vsv & MB7/probidio)	40	22.10%
Water changes, lots and lots of elbow wrenching water changes.	38	20.99%
I don't worry about it, and my reef system is just one great big algae scrubber.	25	13.81%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 181. You may not vote on this poll

04/06/2010, 08:08 AM	#31
jbird69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The beautiful State of Jefferson Posts: 2,751	I just grow chaeto __________________ Broke Back Mountain is not a movie, its the pile of dead ninjas in Chuck Norris' back yard

04/06/2010, 08:26 AM	#32
goldenseal Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 150	.... I do a little of this and that.. .. a little cheato ..a little phos ban ..a little carbon a lot of water changes.... __________________ 27 ...... the number of times MR. T has pitied you.

10/20/2010, 12:48 PM	#35
Conesus_Kid Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Conesus, NY Posts: 3,897	Lanthanum chloride here. __________________ Scott Friends don't give friends Kenya tree...

10/20/2010, 02:05 PM	#37
sirreal63 Go Spurs Go!!! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Meadowlakes Texas Posts: 13,357	VSV for many years...set up BP pellet reactor months ago with restart of my tank and have had to take GFO out, stopped the Ozone and seems my tank is too clean now. I stopped rinsing frozen food, chaeto is barely hanging in there, I just reduced the BP quantity to try and keep a little more nutrients into the system. It is nice to not have to clean the inside of the glass any more though. YMMV __________________ Jack No One has ever been seriously injured by using the search function. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms should be a convenience store, not a government agency. Current Tank Info: Reefing the Pentagon.

03/31/2010, 12:38 AM	#27
joe22883 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: N. Olmsted, Ohio Posts: 1,416	Im a gfo'er that still has some algae. not to clean, not to dirty.

03/31/2010, 12:45 AM	#28
rgrobe Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Diego area Posts: 416	RODI water, rinse my food, and GFO in a reactor. My phosphates stay below .025 consistently. Check regularly with a Hanna photometer.

04/06/2010, 04:03 AM	#30
CleveYank 20 Years and Over Join Date: Feb 2000 Posts: 3,052	Well looks like the GFO'ers have it.

04/06/2010, 11:06 AM	#34
wmilas Keep magnets 9" apart! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lemont, Il Posts: 1,023	I dose VSV (vodka, sugar, vinegar). I used to use GFO. As someone mentioned I didn't like the alk sensitivity from gfo... I was having alk precipitate on the gfo granules. I dose via an automated pump 3 times a day... so no manual work just like GFO. I also like how the VSV dosing takes up P AND N

10/20/2010, 01:24 PM	#36
aleonn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 4,041	Currently use carbon and phosban in my 37g. Will use chaeto, bio-pellets, carbon, and maybe an ATS in my upcoming 180.

10/20/2010, 02:23 PM	#38
mrsmithers Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: san diego CA Posts: 201	refuge