What Media for a reactor
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I use phosguard with no issues.
Honestly gfo is the more widely used and best tested media.
I use phosguard because its white and turns tan when exhausted and easy to see mixed with carbon.
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Main way i reduced phosphate was feeding less, and moving away from dry foods. Different mix of frozen foods thawed mixed with tank water and refrozen into smaller cubes.
1x a week reef chili.
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Rinse it well before use, and if soft corals close up, it may be from released aluminum.
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Actually, it isn't discoloring from phosphate binding, so gives no useful indication in that regard. It may brown if you have a lot of organics in the water that are binding, or leave it long enough for bacterial growth to become extensive.
Actually, it isn't discoloring from phosphate binding, so gives no useful indication in that regard. It may brown if you have a lot of organics in the water that are binding, or leave it long enough for bacterial growth to become extensive.
Lol that is great to know. It only turns brown in my fw blackwater planted, but i dose a lot more (ei dosing + the tannins, tannins probably being the culprit) on that tank than my reef.
Reef change 4 weeks with the carbon I guess cause ive used purigen in the past I assumed a similarity.
Freshwater for many years only 3 years salty
