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![]() Ah, mostly I was confused on the difference of using reduced amounts of GFO or not. Been using much less than the recommended amount at first but since the reactor outputs 0 anyhow. So I'm unclear of what's the point of adding more gfo at a time down the road, since the capacity to reduce PO4 can't really be any better than it is - except that "more gfo" should also mean "replace less often" .. but I'm kind of thinking it works out the same either way? Is the difference of 1 cup in the reactor, and 2 cups in the reactor .. the same as the difference of "replace every week" or "replace every 2 weeks"? Sorry I'm not a very good communicator so I have no idea if this makes sense or not.
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![]() I just removed my phosphate media reactor completely. It had been months since I changed the media, so it clearly wasn't doing anything and the tank is doing great.
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![]() But you have a fairly large macro algae refugium though, still, right? My guess is that is where PO4 is being absorbed if you are not finding PO4 to be an issue.
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tony you want some macro??
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![]() I've done both caulerpa and chaeto in the past with reasonable results. Chaeto I didn't mind but it died out after I switched to NP pellets and I never started it up after stopping pellets just on account that I was convinced zeovit would take care of the PO4. Caulerpa OTOH was a freakin' disaster, it spread all over the display tank and I was never able to fully rid myself of it. It would literally hide in spots where I (and my tang) couldn't see it and that stuff is nasty, it'll totally kill off coral if it wants to. Doug claims anemones are evil, I say anemones are more on the dumb side and it is caulerpa that is evil - I swear it has a sentient malevolent intelligence to it, which is rather impressive for an algae.
For the moment I think I'm OK - thanks for the offer though! I haven't ruled out going back to a non-caulerpa-type-macro down the road, if I decide that GFO isn't for me or something like that..
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![]() Bonus points if you use 'pheasant balls'.
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![]() What Tony lacks in balls he makes up for with eloquent prose. Now where is he?
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![]() Driving the long trek between the north stores and his homebase in the Deep South? <-- My phone demanded deep south be capitalized to emphasize its very south-ness.
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