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Old 12-17-2014, 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by crimper View Post
I used to put crushed corals on my HOB as a filter media on my decommissioned 20G nano, I noticed that the crushed corals depletes as times goes by. I think that they react with the trapped CO2 in foam media and also CO2 from the water itself releasing Ca and Alk back in the water.

I didn't noticed PO4 spike. Maybe it's worth doing some experiments with that Walter
Hmmm, I do have a foam in my prefilter canister in my DIY carbon/GFO reactor. Maybe I could stuff the crushed coral in the foam and see what happens.
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