Is RowaPhos a GFO????
 

Might be a stupid question but is RowaPhos Phosphate remover a type of GFO?

Everyone keeps mentioning using reactors with GFO and Carbon and I never know what the GFO is?

Yes.

Expensive GFO

Incredibly messy Gfo ;)

RowaPhos is what I use and if you buy bigger volume pails it works out to be a bit cheaper than buying just 100 ml at a time

What would be a good, cheaper GFO to use in a reactor?

BRS
Bulk Reef Suppy

Is that the reactor or the media? Where can I get it?

I previously used brs high capacity which apparently has more removing power but now use brs Gfo pellets since they don't clump like the hc did in my brs canisters. Previously used TLF reactors and hc Gfo worked great. Hc rinses clean in literally 3 sec and the reg pellets take just a bit more. Rowa has far more fines and is a nightmare to rinse.

Bulk Reef Supply is a vendor on here. I use their GFO in a TLF reactor.

T Two
L Little
F Fishies

+1, very messy GFO

Rowaphos = :(

BRS HC GFO + TLF = :)

My tank developed some sort of strange black algae (I think) on many of my rocks. I read a few accounts of this on other forums and after switching to BRS HC it very slowly went away.

Good to know as I just received my order of HC GFO from BRS, how much should I be using for 100g of water? 2 tablespoons was what I was planning to start with... Anyone have input?

You can also purchase it here.

http://caco3reef.com/gfo

Chris

So you can reuse the BRS GFO? I though Rowaphos got used up over time and you had to replace it?

I think he's talking about the rinsing before you actually put it to use in your tank, which should also be done with carbon.

Oh, thanks (and to true, RowaPhos is a mess)

Thanks everyone, I think I will try the HC BRS GFO! (acronym city!!!)

I've never heard of reusing Gfo and it's such a mess after a month as well lol. Yeah I was referring to the initial rinse. You lose half the rowa down the drain when rinsing. Both types of brs are more uniform in shape.