280g Inwall

Delphinus · #1 04-05-2012, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Myka

Holy crap Tony, I didn't realize you finally had water in this bad boy! I will have to read through your journal later and get up to speed.

Hahahaha! Sadly I can't really tell if you're kidding or not.

I know this is was one of the slowest builds ever (and the record probably still holds) but there's been water in the tank since .. um .. late 2010 or thereabouts.

Myka · #2 04-15-2012, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Hahahaha! Sadly I can't really tell if you're kidding or not.

I know this is was one of the slowest builds ever (and the record probably still holds) but there's been water in the tank since .. um .. late 2010 or thereabouts.

Bahaha! I'm not kidding. I had no idea it was running now.

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Originally Posted by gregzz4

Maybe Mindy will chime in about your usage and so on as I believe she knows lots about the HC GFO

I'm not sure I see that Tony has a question...? He seems to know what's going on (besides the funky results from the Hanna checker lol).

fishytime · #3 04-15-2012, 05:59 PM

I think you need to sit back and enjoy the tank mang.....this phosphate thing is gonna make you mental

Delphinus · #4 04-15-2012, 07:36 PM

Ah, mostly I was confused on the difference of using reduced amounts of GFO or not. Been using much less than the recommended amount at first but since the reactor outputs 0 anyhow. So I'm unclear of what's the point of adding more gfo at a time down the road, since the capacity to reduce PO4 can't really be any better than it is - except that "more gfo" should also mean "replace less often" .. but I'm kind of thinking it works out the same either way? Is the difference of 1 cup in the reactor, and 2 cups in the reactor .. the same as the difference of "replace every week" or "replace every 2 weeks"? Sorry I'm not a very good communicator so I have no idea if this makes sense or not.

christyf5 · #5 04-15-2012, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Ah, mostly I was confused on the difference of using reduced amounts of GFO or not. Been using much less than the recommended amount at first but since the reactor outputs 0 anyhow. So I'm unclear of what's the point of adding more gfo at a time down the road, since the capacity to reduce PO4 can't really be any better than it is - except that "more gfo" should also mean "replace less often" .. but I'm kind of thinking it works out the same either way? Is the difference of 1 cup in the reactor, and 2 cups in the reactor .. the same as the difference of "replace every week" or "replace every 2 weeks"? Sorry I'm not a very good communicator so I have no idea if this makes sense or not.

I just used to test my PO4 every couple of weeks, if it stayed low all was good, if it went up a little, I'd change out the PO4. Currently I change it out about every 6 weeks or so whether it needs it or not (stopped testing). Most of my PO4 is tied up in caulerpa anyways

untamed · #6 04-16-2012, 03:34 AM

I just removed my phosphate media reactor completely. It had been months since I changed the media, so it clearly wasn't doing anything and the tank is doing great.

Delphinus · #7 04-16-2012, 03:40 AM

But you have a fairly large macro algae refugium though, still, right? My guess is that is where PO4 is being absorbed if you are not finding PO4 to be an issue.