Rowaphos Or Phosban in fluval canister

cgh38 · 04/16/2006, 08:53 PM

Can either Rowaphos or Phosban be used in a canister filter? I have the 204 fluval model that once in a while I use to polish the water, or do I need a special reactor? and wich one is a better product Rowaphos or Phosban?
Thanks in advance.

nemofish2217 · 04/16/2006, 08:58 PM

i would say no for the canister....the problem is, at least i know with the phosban, is that the volume of water being passed through the filter will tumble the media, causing it to get ground up, and into your sytem... i think the highest recommended flow rate is something like 60-80 gph? maybe not even that high....i just know that when you have the media in the reactor you want the flow to just barely and i mean barely move the media.....

cgh38 · 04/16/2006, 09:02 PM

How about if I slow the flow on the filter down?

yogisfriend · 04/16/2006, 10:34 PM

phosban reactors are cheap--around $32. Either media needs to be barely moving.

cgh38 · 04/17/2006, 05:01 PM

Thanks i will get one

shinny · 04/17/2006, 07:33 PM

I have phosban in my canister filter (ehiem). It seems to work well, has lowered phosphate. It does not get ground up either. Later.

04/16/2006, 08:53 PM	#1
cgh38 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Jersey , Exit 9 Posts: 394	Rowaphos Or Phosban in fluval canister Can either Rowaphos or Phosban be used in a canister filter? I have the 204 fluval model that once in a while I use to polish the water, or do I need a special reactor? and wich one is a better product Rowaphos or Phosban? Thanks in advance.

04/16/2006, 10:34 PM	#4
yogisfriend Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern CA Posts: 141	phosban reactors are cheap--around $32. Either media needs to be barely moving. __________________ Never to be squandered, this miracle of a human being. "To educate a man in the mind and not the morals is to educate a menace to society" T. Roosevelt

04/16/2006, 08:58 PM	#2
nemofish2217 Registered Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,606	i would say no for the canister....the problem is, at least i know with the phosban, is that the volume of water being passed through the filter will tumble the media, causing it to get ground up, and into your sytem... i think the highest recommended flow rate is something like 60-80 gph? maybe not even that high....i just know that when you have the media in the reactor you want the flow to just barely and i mean barely move the media.....

04/16/2006, 09:02 PM	#3
cgh38 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Jersey , Exit 9 Posts: 394	How about if I slow the flow on the filter down?

04/17/2006, 05:01 PM	#5
cgh38 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New Jersey , Exit 9 Posts: 394	Thanks i will get one

04/17/2006, 07:33 PM	#6
shinny Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 161	I have phosban in my canister filter (ehiem). It seems to work well, has lowered phosphate. It does not get ground up either. Later.