Turning off gfo/carbon

[Surfside74]

I have a 57 gallon tank. It houses sps, lps, zoas, etc... I am currently running brs gfo/carbon each in a separate reactor. My water parameters are good. My no3 is 0.0-0.25ppm. My po4 is .04-.08 ppm. Everything looks good but noticed a few weeks back some chalices were pale. I started feeding twice a day and have noticed improvement. Wondering if I should turn off the reactors and just stick with skimming and 10 gallon a week water changes. Just afraid of algae outbreak. Let's hear your thoughts

 

[Reefing Madness]

Ya gotta just watch the phosphates there when you do that, but if its just 10g, then you can change out water every couple of days, in very small % to keep it in good shape.

 

[Surfside74]

Ya gotta just watch the phosphates there when you do that, but if its just 10g, then you can change out water every couple of days, in very small % to keep it in good shape.

No its a 57 gallon tank. I do 10 gallon a week change. I think I should probably leave it like it is. If it's not broke, don't fix it right.

 

[9balliw]

Next time u change out carbon or gfo just put less in the reactor and see how it does

 

[Rpujol85]

I wouldn't take the reactors off line.

If you have ball valves plumbed in you could just sow the flow through the reactors.

Or alternatively spot feed the corals you think might need it.

Like you said, if it ain't boke....

 

[HiddenUser]

I would stage this versus abrupting taking the reactor offline. Maybe next time you change media run half the amount, then half it again, then take it offline.

 

[Surfside74]

Is there any benefits though of taking it offline? I don't want to take it off if there are no proven benefits.

 

[AZDesertRat]

I wouldn't remove them completely but would try reducing the amount of media and/or reducing the flow if you have the proper amount of media. I run no more than 5 grams of GFO per 10 gallons of system water maximum dosage at all times and keep the flow rate through it at a minimum. Its sort of a preventive measure or cheap insurance in case some leathers or softies decide to do battle with the stony corals or some food contains more phosphates than I care to have.