Having to replace GFO every 2-3 days?

[RuffReef]

My p04 as .08 2 days ago and this is when I changed my GFO. I tested last night and they were .11 so I tested the effluent of the GFO reactor and it was .03..... I thought GFO was suppose to late weeks/months, I can't get it to last more than a few days.

 

[toromp]

What brand??

 

[RuffReef]

What brand??

Rowaphos

 

[toromp]

Wth?! 4tbs of rowaphos stripped my tank in 2 days

 

[BeanMachine]

Ya maybe its nasty hands going in the tank.

 

[RuffReef]

Wth?! 4tbs of rowaphos stripped my tank in 2 days

TBS? I put like 3 CUPS in the reactor!

 

[toromp]

TBS? I put like 3 CUPS in the reactor!

Snap! Well I have like 60g of water volume lol

 

[cymaster007]

dunno if you have something leaching phosphates or if you need to rinse your food more....
thats pretty bad. I have my rowaphos about 1.5 cups changed once a month. phos is -0- on hanna and steve garretts low range phos checker

 

[RuffReef]

dunno if you have something leaching phosphates or if you need to rinse your food more....
thats pretty bad. I have my rowaphos about 1.5 cups changed once a month. phos is -0- on hanna and steve garretts low range phos checker

I had such high p04 that maybe it leaked into the rock and it is slowly leaching it out, besides that it can't be my food because I feed pellets except for once a week when I do mysis.

 

[RuffReef]

Aren'tyou running vodka and biopellts as well as GFO?

 

[lowbudget]

you running it through rodi to get the dust out or you running it through tap? or tank water?

Rowaphos

 

[BeanMachine]

Ya and now that I saw Esteban's comment about how Randy Holmes Farly thinks it doesn't make a significant difference rinsing or not in terms of the p04 introduced I won't be rinsing my food ever again. Ever. Yeah I said ever.

I think its your giant man made rock scape leaching the po4 but that is just a guess.

 

[RuffReef]

you running it through rodi to get the dust out or you running it through tap? or tank water?

I do it with tank water, should I use RODI?

Not sure how I would do that though, I have the inlet plumbed to my return pump so I wouldn't have a way to get RO water through the reactor.

 

[RuffReef]

Ya and now that I saw Esteban's comment about how Randy Holmes Farly thinks it doesn't make a significant difference rinsing or not in terms of the p04 introduced I won't be rinsing my food ever again. Ever. Yeah I said ever.

I think its your giant man made rock scape leaching the po4 but that is just a guess.

That's my guess as well.... that choice could come back and bite me in the butt now.

 

[Tropical Reef Fish Store]

Ya and now that I saw Esteban's comment about how Randy Holmes Farly thinks it doesn't make a significant difference rinsing or not in terms of the p04 introduced I won't be rinsing my food ever again. Ever. Yeah I said ever.

I think its your giant man made rock scape leaching the po4 but that is just a guess.

''I think its your giant man made rock scape leaching the po4 but that is just a guess''
i was about to say the same thing, back in the day when man made live rock came out they said need's to soak for 6 month's to leach out all the po4.

 

[Reefer Mania]

Why do so many people have problems with phosphates? I have over 800+ gallons of reef and all mesure zero PO4. I use what public aquariums use LaCl3. Keep it simple, cheap and easy.

 

[cymaster007]

Aren'tyou running vodka and biopellts as well as GFO?

yes and cheato. doin it big!

 

[RuffReef]

Why do so many people have problems with phosphates? I have over 800+ gallons of reef and all mesure zero PO4. I use what public aquariums use LaCl3. Keep it simple, cheap and easy.

Do you run a big fuge?

 

[Reefer Mania]

''I think its your giant man made rock scape leaching the po4 but that is just a guess''
i was about to say the same thing, back in the day when man made live rock came out they said need's to soak for 6 month's to leach out all the po4.

+10 on this

 

[Reefer Mania]

Do you run a big fuge?

yes, on 2 of my 3 systems