Gro reactor or something else

[doubleshot00]

Ok i have a new tank but my phosphates are stupid high .44 (just tested). I do weekly water changes and have been using chemipure for a little over a week and they haven’t budged. My old thread about phosphates

My question is should i get a gfo reactor or just put Phosguard in my canister directly? Or something else someone can suggest. Just want to prevent an algae outbreak. Or Phosphat-E from brightwell.

 

[blaxsun]

ChemiPure Blue?

 

[doubleshot00]

ChemiPure Blue?

Yes

 

[blaxsun]

Yes

It might take a bit more than a week to start seeing results. You could temporarily cut back on feeding a bit. How big is your tank, what type and how many fish?

 

[ikaros70]

My Geo Ca reactor is a good 10 years old, possibly more.
Geo products in general are good.
Be careful not to completely strip out phos, if you also have nitrates.
You could just carbon does vodka or vinegar, inexpensive fix. I am dosing vinegar, also a food source for corals.

 

[Uncle99]

When phosphate is so high, GFO is used up fast.
Maybe consider and LC type product until you come down to day .2ppm, then use a GFO to mop up the rest

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Ok i have a new tank but my phosphates are stupid high .44 (just tested). I do weekly water changes and have been using chemipure for a little over a week and they haven’t budged. My old thread about phosphates

My question is should i get a gfo reactor or just put Phosguard in my canister directly? Or something else someone can suggest. Just want to prevent an algae outbreak. Or Phosphat-E from brightwell.

If your phosphates have been high for a while and you don't currently have a problem with algae, your system might be balanced the way it is. What is your nitrate level?
Also, while water changes are good for lowering nitrates (among other things), they don't usually have much affect on phosphates.
How often do you change your canister media?

 

[doubleshot00]

Nitrates are 12-15 on water change day. Its a 90 gal tank 7 fish.

 

[doubleshot00]

If your phosphates have been high for a while and you don't currently have a problem with algae, your system might be balanced the way it is. What is your nitrate level?
Also, while water changes are good for lowering nitrates (among other things), they don't usually have much affect on phosphates.
How often do you change your canister media?

The only thing in my canister is sponges and ceramic media in all the baskets but the top one. That one has FF and chemipure currently.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

The only thing in my canister is sponges and ceramic media in all the baskets but the top one. That one has FF and chemipure currently.

So the question is still the same -how often are you cleaning/changing this media? Sponges can be huge nitrate and phosphate sinks.

 

[doubleshot00]

So the question is still the same -how often are you cleaning/changing this media? Sponges can be huge nitrate and phosphate sinks.

About every 3-4 weeks i rinse the sponges out with the water that is in the canister. Then dump out dirty water. Then fill with new saltwater. Just doing it the way the LFS told me to do it and a fellow reefer locally.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

About every 3-4 weeks i rinse the sponges out with the water that is in the canister. Then dump out dirty water. Then fill with new saltwater. Just doing it the way the LFS told me to do it and a fellow reefer locally.

Ok, that sounds good. Some people don't ever rinse sponges or other media and then wonder why they can't get nutrient levels to drop.

 

[doubleshot00]

Ok, that sounds good. Some people don't ever rinse sponges or other media and then wonder why they can't get nutrients levels to drop.

Hell one guy at LFS said he NEVER cleans his canister and just waits for the flow to start slowing down. He said on average its 3-4 months.

 

[doubleshot00]

Ill be honest the tank looks fine just nervous about these levels. And i do not have coral yet. Waiting till July 1 to start adding Vacation at the end of june.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Hell one guy at LFS said he NEVER cleans his canister and just waits for the flow to start slowing down. He said on average its 3-4 months.

Yuck!

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Ill be honest the tank looks fine just nervous about these levels. And i do not have coral yet. Waiting till July 1 to start adding Vacation at the end of june.

You said it's new... Has the tank gone through the normal algae blooms? (Usually diatoms, then green, and then dinos and maybe cyano?)

 

[doubleshot00]

You said it's new... Has the tank gone through the normal algae blooms? (Usually diatoms, then green, and then dinos and maybe cyano?)

Diatoms keep coming and going but thats it. They go away for like three days after a WC. Nothing green is present anywhere.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Diatoms keep coming and going but thats it. They go away for like three days after a WC. Nothing green is present anywhere.

What livestock is in the tank? Did you use dry rock?

 

[doubleshot00]

What livestock is in the tank? Did you use dry rock?

Dry rock

scopas, hawk, foxface, 2 clown, mccoskers wrasse & bangaaii.

Feed 2x a day. 1/2 cube in the am and full cube in afternoon. Nori 4x a week.

 

[doubleshot00]

These guys eat like crazy and some don’t get but a few bites as im sure you can guess who the food hogs are.