DarkReefer
Well-Known Member
Hi guys,
Recently I noticed that my phosphates have been climbing slowly.
Fast forward 2 days ago and I tested and it was 0.181ppm, yesterday I went and bought a media reactor and some rowaphos.
After searching around trying to find some info on an easy way to work out dosage I came across http://www.rowaphos-calculator.com/ that some people appeared to be recommending.
I tried that and it told me to put in 36ml, I put in something close to that into the reactor and let it do it's thing.
My skimmer started overloading pretty quick so I turned that down a little, it's since had a very healthy looking bubble froth on the top but doesn't seem to be dropping down into the cup THAT much that I've been able to notice at least... (was this the wrong thing to do?).
Today I tested and saw my phosphates had doubled since my last test Approximately 0.36*
Does anyone have the best non scientific (ie confusing) calculation for dosing this stuff, I don't want to overload it and have it drop to 0.
My system is approximately 250L (Waterbox 70.2).
I'm intending to use this stuff to get it down to the 0.04 ish mark, and then I was looking to change to Fauna Marin Ultra Phos 0.04 which has a guarantee of not dropping below that.
Thanks in advance
Recently I noticed that my phosphates have been climbing slowly.
Fast forward 2 days ago and I tested and it was 0.181ppm, yesterday I went and bought a media reactor and some rowaphos.
After searching around trying to find some info on an easy way to work out dosage I came across http://www.rowaphos-calculator.com/ that some people appeared to be recommending.
I tried that and it told me to put in 36ml, I put in something close to that into the reactor and let it do it's thing.
My skimmer started overloading pretty quick so I turned that down a little, it's since had a very healthy looking bubble froth on the top but doesn't seem to be dropping down into the cup THAT much that I've been able to notice at least... (was this the wrong thing to do?).
Today I tested and saw my phosphates had doubled since my last test Approximately 0.36*
Does anyone have the best non scientific (ie confusing) calculation for dosing this stuff, I don't want to overload it and have it drop to 0.
My system is approximately 250L (Waterbox 70.2).
I'm intending to use this stuff to get it down to the 0.04 ish mark, and then I was looking to change to Fauna Marin Ultra Phos 0.04 which has a guarantee of not dropping below that.
Thanks in advance
