CCCP Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 well i think the title of the thread explains itself, some people say that using Phosban reactor is a bad idea because it makes the phosphates too low, and some corals need some say its' a good idea. Anyone have any facts, suggestions.....????? (scratch) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DChemist Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 I always lean towards less technology... Do you have an issue with phosphate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 same question, as we talked about the other day. Did you test for it??? Did you farm out some of your algi? Have you tested your RO/DI water for TDS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly guy Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 I have cooked rock and no measurable phosphates and run phosban 3 1/2 weeks out of the month anyway...i run carbon in the reactor the other few days.............FWIW, i have zero nuisance algae in my tanks.............I started doing this about 4 months ago after i heard someone who i look up to very much did it...........I dump the stuff every time and rinse it for about ten minutes before putting it in I like them and have my return pumps set up to run my chiller and phosban reactors as well so only one pump is needed for all 3 jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Mine has definitely slowed down my GHA growth. I've still got some though, so I'm not stripping *all* the phosphate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Foxy Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 If I had the cash I would run a reactor.. hey cccp can I borrow some cash? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 I built my reactor out of less than $20 in parts. The reactor media was the most expensive part. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCCP Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 well i dont have alge growing but i dont wanna get one either I just hooke it up to my system in one reactor i have phosphate and the other one nitrates will see how it works, i will run it for few days see the result. will post if i notice anything different that happens in the aquarium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Did you TEST before you hooked the 2 up???? We would all be interested in the results. Please give it a week and test. If you don't do it yourself. Take a water sample to foxy in a week. Besure to take out 1/3 of your algi. ith the 2 canisters hooked up. you won't have the 'FOOD' for the algi. You don't want it to die off, recreating the problem of it releasing back into the water phospate and nitrates. Does this make sence to you???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowboardKid26 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Phosphate reactor, rowaphos, and some snails kicked my hair algae problem in two weeks. Just keep up with the water changes, and removal of the dead algae as stated before. Rowaphos took my phosphates down from 0.5 to untestable in 1 day. Been running for like a week now, and the phos is still untestable. I haven't seen any undesirable reactions since I began. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCCP Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 well here is my alge grows like crazy i'm tired of cuting it off, at list once in 3 weeks. and for you CCR it's not 2 reactors with phosphate, one of them is nitrates the other one is Phospate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 well here is my alge grows like crazy i'm tired of cuting it off' date=' at list once in 3 weeks. and for you CCR it's not 2 reactors with phosphate, one of them is nitrates the other one is Phospate.[/quote'] Yup see it in the picture Your so funny!!! And how much is that test kit in the window. LOL(plotting) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCCP Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 well here is the thing or the Lalifert test kit is way off or i have no phosphates what's soever. it was showing same thing befor and after same sh*t hummmmmmmm well the test kit shows that i got 00.1 phosphates in the system, and looking at the alge and everything i have in my tank looks really happy and healthy..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCCP Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 CCR what test kit in the window i dont see anything ???? any hints??????/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 CCR what test kit in the window i dont see anything ???? any hints??????/ So. Your saying that the levels are the same. Before and after the phosband? I still would get the meter to set, check PH in tank and for setting up and maintaining your CA reactor. Also you need to test the ro/di water, with the phosphate kit.The test kit i was kidding really relates to the meter you looked at that measured TDS. If the filters on your ro/di unit are used up, it will let, and release phosphates back into the system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 well i think the title of the thread explains itself, some people say that using Phosban reactor is a bad idea because it makes the phosphates too low, and some corals need some say its' a good idea. Anyone have any facts, suggestions.....????? (scratch) What kinds of corals are you keeping. Strictly SPS corals need 0 PO4. But LPS and softies don't require that low. FWIW you can make a PO4 reactor for around 15-20 bucks not counting the media. Real simple. I guess you could run an experiment to see if it really helps your tank or not and only be out maybe 35 bucks worse case scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCCP Posted September 16, 2006 Author Share Posted September 16, 2006 well to bad i already bought PM reactors well they word ok i guess, i will check my RO right now see what that say, but no i have bunch of hard corals only few softies, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 could someone PM or tell me how to make reactors for 15-20 bucks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 could someone PM or tell me how to make reactors for 15-20 bucks? Here's how I built mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCCP Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 i dont think it's worth making one, to much time and effort, you can get it online for 30 backs from ebay or 55$ from advanced aquarium or 59$ from CRPC the PM one. but on ebay i saw many of them that was from 20 to 38 backs companies like KENT< PHOSBAN< PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowboardKid26 Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 just a helpful hint... don't run tons of flow through phosban... when they warn you about pulverizing (sp?) the pellets... they arn't playing. I had red in my tank for a month, and killed alot of SPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCCP Posted September 19, 2006 Author Share Posted September 19, 2006 well i run small pump i think it's like 98gpr or somethign like that, plus i have too chambers" reactors" first it runs water to my phosban reactor with media than from there it goes to my second reactor with nitrates media, than from there it shoots to my sump sock. i hope that will slow the curent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 could someone PM or tell me how to make reactors for 15-20 bucks? Here is a $2 one http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=77999 Kalk reactor. You could use phosban just as easily as kalk http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=780996&goto=nextnewest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted September 19, 2006 Share Posted September 19, 2006 Heya! Now that's low-cost! Bet it works great, too Nice find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 thats a bad idea for kalk,, whats going to stir it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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