Dosing amino acids and clumping gfo

kgeig001 · May 20, 2016

I recently started dosing amino's twice a week at about 1/2 the recommended dose. I noticed that my GFO has stopped tumbling...I'm assuming the amino acids created a bacteria bloom and saturated my GFO. Besides that, I didnt notice anything else out of the ordinary. I stopped dosing it all together. Is this a possibility? Would I be right with this assumption?

Efranco · May 20, 2016

I dose Red Sea Amino Acid and have never had an issue with my GFO..? I'm fairly new to the hobby but this is my experience

Randy Holmes-Farley · May 21, 2016

I do not think amino acids would cause that unless a lot of bacteria was growing there.

Solidifying GFO is mostly from precipitated calcium carbonate, IMO, which is accelerated by iron, high pH, high alk, high calcium, and low magnesium.

kgeig001 · May 21, 2016

Thanks Randy, maybe I just added too much GFO to the reactor this time. I did add more than usual and I only have one maxi jet 1200 running two brs reactors.