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Yes, 24/7. |
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54 | 44.63% |
Yes, most of the time. |
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7 | 5.79% |
Sometimes. |
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5 | 4.13% |
Not usually, but every once in awhile. |
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5 | 4.13% |
No, but I want to start. |
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5 | 4.13% |
No, I choose not to. |
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21 | 17.36% |
No, I don't have the means to run it. |
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4 | 3.31% |
No, I didn't know about it or don't know enough to try yet. |
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21 | 17.36% |
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![]() I run it in a phosban reactor and change it out every 4 weeks. In testing phosphate, I'm of the opinion that the GFO seems to be measurably effective for not much more than a few days, but I'm not willing to change it that often.
I'm estimating the effectiveness by measuring phosphate in the system vs. the outflow from the reactor. If there is a difference, then I assume the GFO is working. That difference seems to exist for only a very short time. I think my algae is exporting phosphate much more efficiently than my GFO does.
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400 gal reef. Established April, 2007. 3 Sequence Dart, RM12-4 skimmer, 2 x OM4Ways, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown (pair), Blonde Naso Tang, Vlamingi Tang, Foxface Rabbit, Unicorn Tang, 2 Pakistani Butterflies and a few coral gobies My Tank: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=28436 |
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THE BARQUARIUM: 55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's. Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=55041 |
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![]() I don't use it, I find it has negative effects on the different tanks I've tried it on. Poor SPS colour, and when used at full strength I found it almost always immediately triggered RTN or STN.
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![]() Yes, The GFO consumption rate is dependant on water flow through the reactor. For my 45g, I fill the TLF reactor 1/3 with GFO, Rowa, whatever, and 1/3rd Carbon. seems to last 4-6 weeks for me. But then, no SPS in this tank so not sure on the SPS effects.
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Dan Pesonen Umm, a tank or 5 Last edited by banditpowdercoat; 06-14-2009 at 05:21 PM. |
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![]() Many of my SPS seemed to improve in color once i began running it, blue coloring emerged from acropora that looked mostly brown before. I went from a phosphate reading of .75 to .01 (Elos test kit) with rowaphos, 40gal weekly water changes, a skimmer rated for nearly twice my system volume, and straining frozen food of packing juice.
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![]() i run rowa in one reactor then follow that up with carbon in the 2nd reactor. change every 6 weeks appx
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![]() just started using it in my filter
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