Phosphate binders and ORP

westernreef · 04/07/2011, 11:17 AM

I just installed a phosphate reactor with ROWAPhos, and I have noticed that since doing so the ORP in my tank has jumped up about 40-50, and it is now consistently above 400. Is that to be expected, is it a problem to have those ORP levels?

Randy Holmes-Farley · 04/07/2011, 12:04 PM

You may have bound some organics to the GFO, or released metal ions (like Fe+++) may have imapcted ORP. In any case, whether real or not, there is no concern that there is any problem.

04/07/2011, 11:17 AM	#1
westernreef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 28	Phosphate binders and ORP I just installed a phosphate reactor with ROWAPhos, and I have noticed that since doing so the ORP in my tank has jumped up about 40-50, and it is now consistently above 400. Is that to be expected, is it a problem to have those ORP levels?

04/07/2011, 12:04 PM	#2
Randy Holmes-Farley Reef Chemist Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Arlington, Massachusetts Posts: 86,233	You may have bound some organics to the GFO, or released metal ions (like Fe+++) may have imapcted ORP. In any case, whether real or not, there is no concern that there is any problem. __________________ Randy Holmes-Farley Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef

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