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08/31/2012, 07:12 PM
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Location: Pt. Colborne, ON, CANADA
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Phophate remouvers? Which one?
Just Wondering for those of you who use phosphate remouvers, which product are you using...
Weils, "Rowaphos" Two Little fishies : " Phosban" BRS : "Grannular Ferric Oxide" Kent Marine; " Phosphate sponge" Seachem: "Purigen"
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220 gal mixed reef , Apex, 8 Bulb Tek light, led supplement, With 135 gallon sump. SRO3000INT , KH Guardian, 4 X Vortech MP40w, MTC calcium reactor . Current Tank Info: 220 gal sps dominated Last edited by Lukel; 08/31/2012 at 07:47 PM. |
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08/31/2012, 07:17 PM
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Where's The Reef?
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Seachem Purigen for me.
Seachem PhosGaurd is a good product for rapid PO4 reduction, but when your pH drops below a 7.9 is can leach out Aluminum Oxide into your water, irritating your corals.Great product though, does what is says. -Ray
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08/31/2012, 07:47 PM
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I use BSR, GFO in a reactor. Works for me...
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08/31/2012, 08:11 PM
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Brs gfo
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08/31/2012, 08:52 PM
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BRS for me too. Can't beat the price for a quality product. I regen mine, so it lasts a lot longer.
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08/31/2012, 09:59 PM
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aka John K
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 ) Aluminum based phosphate removers work, but not as well as GFO and with more potential risks. Why bother?
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08/31/2012, 11:36 PM
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Don't forget the ultimate "phosphate removal" tools: a high quality and regularly maintained RO/DI unit and light feeding.
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08/31/2012, 11:49 PM
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I use this:
http://www.bigalspets.com/fish/filte...ck-1135-g.html Same as Phosban, but a lot cheaper. |
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09/01/2012, 09:16 AM
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I also use BRS GFO. Not sure if the high capacity justifies the price difference though.
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09/01/2012, 05:54 PM
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brs high capacity in a reactor...watch for sales, buy in quantity, combine with other stuff you need and free shipping...
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09/01/2012, 06:51 PM
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if you have high phosphates in your system then i would use kent phosphate sponge and drop it down and then keep it low with gfo
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09/01/2012, 06:54 PM
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Using some that Julian Sprung has come out with. In severe cases, I don't think you can beat Rowaphos. It's the strongest I've used and is great for running on cooking rock to help remove any built up phosphates. For everyday use, it's a bit overkill and seems to shut some of my corals down. So far, very good results with the Julian Sprung product
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09/01/2012, 07:13 PM
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pretty much, it's all iron or aluminum. every company has given up on aluminum for a variety of reasons, so basically, you have GFO left (besides carbon dosing which doesn't remove enough gfo, imho). So get a dual BRS reactor and add HC GFO from BRS in the first canister and Rox 0.8 in the other.....great stuff! feeding fish less is no longer necessary, nor a good idea....we want fat healthy fish! you might want to look at the length of years that advice is coming from, too....
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09/01/2012, 11:02 PM
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I use phosar:
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...p?t=1259971#10 Oh, and a nice thread of the month on GFO for you to read: http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...readid=1182318 |
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09/02/2012, 04:52 AM
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BRS/Premium Aquatics GFO and Lanthanum Chloride to keep it in check. Now if I could only figure out a system to continually drip/dose LaCl and filter it out I'd ditch the GFO as LaCl is much cheaper and effective
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09/02/2012, 05:57 AM
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09/02/2012, 09:51 AM
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tagging along
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