GFO regeneration
- Thread starter gallareto
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Sorry, I missed this thread.
I do not know of a way to regenerate GFO in the sense of removing phosphate without dissolving the substrate itself. Low ph is likelythe wayt to go, but I do not know any specific of whether there is any pH window where you can dissolve the phospahte and not the whole GFO.
Heating it to high temperatures (500 deg C perhaps) will drive off orgnics, and that might help restore some phosphate binding ability that was taken up by them.
I do not know of a way to regenerate GFO in the sense of removing phosphate without dissolving the substrate itself. Low ph is likelythe wayt to go, but I do not know any specific of whether there is any pH window where you can dissolve the phospahte and not the whole GFO.
Heating it to high temperatures (500 deg C perhaps) will drive off orgnics, and that might help restore some phosphate binding ability that was taken up by them.
boxfishpooalot
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Hey I wonder if you put some dry ice inside a bucket of freshwater and gfo would remove the phosphate without dissolving the gfo? Possible?
Its the acid thats dissolving the gfo correct?
Its the acid thats dissolving the gfo correct?
