Carbon and GFO

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Do you use Carbon and/or GFO?


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Please select one of the following. I wold like to see what everyone is running on their tanks. If you have any advice for fellow reefers, please feel free to post any valuable information. I know that everyone's answer may not be a choice in the poll, but please just pick the closest match and elaborate on your answer if need be.
 
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When Im using Vodka I dont use GFO but if Im not I run 24/7. Carbon I use on and off
 
i have 2 two little fishes reactors running 24/7...one with carbon and one with gfo.
 
I currently do not run carbon or GFO but do have both. I'll run them when I feel I need them, but as of current my tank does not need it.
 
Sometimes I will shut down carbon/gfo reactor and use Chemi-pure for a month.
 
I run carbon only 24/7. I have been dosing vodka for approximately a year and a half and took the GFO offline a little over 3 months ago.

saintperez, For me it is just redundant to run both; the GFO reduces phosphates and so does the vodka. If I can maintain low (.03-.07 ) phosphates with just vodka then no need to run both. That's my experience and it varies from system to system. There are people that does vodka and still run GFO.
 
Joey, just wondering why you wouldn't run GFO while dosing Vodka.

saintperez, For me it is just redundant to run both; the GFO reduces phosphates and so does the vodka. If I can maintain low (.03-.07 ) phosphates with just vodka then no need to run both. That's my experience and it varies from system to system. There are people that does vodka and still run GFO.

For the same as Paul. I did both in the past and it would cause phosphates to drop to fast and then bleaching would follow. Now I just use GFO as needed. Its alot easier to adjust one or the other rather than fighting both at the same time.
 
These results are very interesting, so far, we have very distinct groups. The results are more split than i thought they would be. Keep on voting guys.
 

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