Gfo issue?

[Cory]

Is this normal? Its rinse water from a handful of gfo. So much orange water on the first rinse.

 

[jsker]

It normal to have the the brownish color during rinsing

 

[Flippers4pups]

Yes it is. I place mine in my reactor and run RO/DI water through it till it runs clear. Then drain the RO/DI water out and hook it up to my manifold.

Usually high capacity GFO has less "dust". That's what I use.

 

[jsker]

I have been using a product that I do not have to rinse, which is much easier. AF phosphate minus.

 

[bklynreef]

No rinsing in mine. It's clear. Spectrapure GFO has been good to me.

 

[willthethrill]

I use BRS gfo. Same thing. I just fill the chamber, turn it on and let the brown water pour out into a bucket. Once it runs clear I stick the tube back in the sump

 

[Cory]

Thanks guys it just scared me because the previous gfo i used was phosban and iirc I didn't have this orange.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Is this normal? Its rinse water from a handful of gfo. So much orange water on the first rinse.

GFO does normally need rinsing, IMO.

 

[Cory]

Is it normal that it dropped my alk from 10dkh to 8 dkh in 24 hours?

Strange my ats is still working and growing in my bb system while running gfo.