Post BRS GFO Installation Update w/pics

pjewett · 07/12/2009, 02:54 PM

Well I got it installed (Single BRS GFO Reactor...so far with the MJ 900 it came with. A snap to install. The tank is becoming a real Frankenstein equipment-wise but I'm hoping to be setting up a much larger tank in the coming months if the wife and I can ever close on the house we're looking at.

Already clearer water and my frogspawn is bleaching a bit which I take it is caused by the sudden reduction in zooxanthellae.

So far so good. Posted a couple pics post-gfo.

Some of the algae's I was pulling....all completely gone.

Some bleaching in the Frogspawn.

Frankenstein.

skip2142 · 07/12/2009, 03:52 PM

I recently added the same thing to my tank (I got the dual chamber instead) and loved how easy it was to set up. The difference is noticeable, though I'm still running a low amount of GFO to make sure my tank has time to adjust to the low nutrient level. Your tank looks great BTW.

pjewett · 07/12/2009, 03:58 PM

Thanks. I used the initial amount as directed by the instructions. I had read that many will cut the inital dose in half but the directions from BRS insinuated that that is what I was doing. Hope it wasn't too much.

skip2142 · 07/12/2009, 04:05 PM

Yeah, being that your frogspawn looks like it bleached a bit, you may have used a bit much, but I guess as long as everything doesn't start dying, you should be fine.

mcoomer · 07/13/2009, 08:07 AM

I just stuck two BRS reactors in my tank. One is running their HC GFO and the other is ROX 0.8 carbon. I did the same as you and put in what sounded like half the normal amount per their instructions. No problems so far. That deluxe reactor of theirs is very well made.

Mike

pjewett · 07/13/2009, 08:46 AM

Well I'm still getting noticeable bleaching on one of my Frogspawn (15 heads - only the lower heads seem effected so far) though nothing else looks effected so far (including my other Frogspawns).

Hope they make the adjustment..would hate to lose them.

07/12/2009, 02:54 PM	#1
pjewett aquariablog Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Long Island-NY Posts: 383	Post BRS GFO Installation Update w/pics Well I got it installed (Single BRS GFO Reactor...so far with the MJ 900 it came with. A snap to install. The tank is becoming a real Frankenstein equipment-wise but I'm hoping to be setting up a much larger tank in the coming months if the wife and I can ever close on the house we're looking at. Already clearer water and my frogspawn is bleaching a bit which I take it is caused by the sudden reduction in zooxanthellae. So far so good. Posted a couple pics post-gfo. Some of the algae's I was pulling....all completely gone. Some bleaching in the Frogspawn. Frankenstein. __________________ You can wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which gets filled 1st! - Burgess Meredith Current Tank Info: 90 gal DT w/sump, Apex, LED's, Vortec MP40

07/12/2009, 03:52 PM	#2
skip2142 Registered Member. Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Glen Allen, Va Posts: 375	I recently added the same thing to my tank (I got the dual chamber instead) and loved how easy it was to set up. The difference is noticeable, though I'm still running a low amount of GFO to make sure my tank has time to adjust to the low nutrient level. Your tank looks great BTW. __________________ Skip Don't take life so seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. Current Tank Info: Finnex 30 gallon.

07/12/2009, 03:58 PM	#3
pjewett aquariablog Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Long Island-NY Posts: 383	Thanks. I used the initial amount as directed by the instructions. I had read that many will cut the inital dose in half but the directions from BRS insinuated that that is what I was doing. Hope it wasn't too much. __________________ You can wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which gets filled 1st! - Burgess Meredith Current Tank Info: 90 gal DT w/sump, Apex, LED's, Vortec MP40

07/12/2009, 04:05 PM	#4
skip2142 Registered Member. Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Glen Allen, Va Posts: 375	Yeah, being that your frogspawn looks like it bleached a bit, you may have used a bit much, but I guess as long as everything doesn't start dying, you should be fine. __________________ Skip Don't take life so seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. Current Tank Info: Finnex 30 gallon.

07/13/2009, 08:07 AM	#5
mcoomer Rat Bastard! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sammamish, WA Posts: 1,487	I just stuck two BRS reactors in my tank. One is running their HC GFO and the other is ROX 0.8 carbon. I did the same as you and put in what sounded like half the normal amount per their instructions. No problems so far. That deluxe reactor of theirs is very well made. Mike __________________ Spending exorbitant amounts of money on this hobby since 1998! My wife thought the tank would be cheaper and easier to keep than a dog...no seriously! Current Tank Info: 180 gallon mixed reef; Reeflo Barracuda, Tunze 6105 (X3), 250W Radiums with dual HQI Blue Wave 7, Reefkeeper Elite controller, custom sump with ASM G4, carbon and GFO reactors

07/13/2009, 08:46 AM	#6
pjewett aquariablog Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Long Island-NY Posts: 383	Well I'm still getting noticeable bleaching on one of my Frogspawn (15 heads - only the lower heads seem effected so far) though nothing else looks effected so far (including my other Frogspawns). Hope they make the adjustment..would hate to lose them. __________________ You can wish in one hand and crap in the other and see which gets filled 1st! - Burgess Meredith Current Tank Info: 90 gal DT w/sump, Apex, LED's, Vortec MP40