phosban reactor media?
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coralfragger101
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Pet's Unlimited in Coral Springs generally has Rowa (at least they used to). Give them a call.
coralfragger101
Gone Postal
Is this just your opinion or is it based on some sort of study?
I'm not looking for an arguement here. It's just that is a pretty bold statement.
I've used Rowa with success and I've also used bulk GFO with success. They both remove phosphates.
Now hobby grade phosphate test kits is a subject for debate.
I believe that I read somewhere that ROWA has stripped systems clean, faster enough than phosban and other dry GFOs.
I'll be honest, I can't cite a study, or remember a thread, but all I know from what I've gathered from the vastness of reefcentral, is that more often than not, people have stated that ROWA works faster and better (though I'm not sure about total capacity) than Phosban, bulk, etc.
Maybe it has to do with why it comes wet instead of dry? Who knows.
Maybe check out Jetcat's thread about the GFO removing time periods. I'm sure someone mentions ROWA in there.....
I'll be honest, I can't cite a study, or remember a thread, but all I know from what I've gathered from the vastness of reefcentral, is that more often than not, people have stated that ROWA works faster and better (though I'm not sure about total capacity) than Phosban, bulk, etc.
Maybe it has to do with why it comes wet instead of dry? Who knows.
Maybe check out Jetcat's thread about the GFO removing time periods. I'm sure someone mentions ROWA in there.....
coralfragger101
Gone Postal
Like I said before, I wasn't (and still am not) looking for an arguement.
It just strikes me as odd sometimes when you read a post that sounds like the "ultimate truth" when more times than not it is simply someone passing on info that they have "heard" or "read".
The internet is full of it and I'll have to admit that I'm just as guilty as the next at passing on something I've "read" to be the gospel truth. (simply because I believed it)
Personally - I don't care which PO4 absorber works better or faster. I don't use enough of it to make a difference.
It just strikes me as odd sometimes when you read a post that sounds like the "ultimate truth" when more times than not it is simply someone passing on info that they have "heard" or "read".
The internet is full of it and I'll have to admit that I'm just as guilty as the next at passing on something I've "read" to be the gospel truth. (simply because I believed it)
Personally - I don't care which PO4 absorber works better or faster. I don't use enough of it to make a difference.
coralfragger101
Gone Postal
Agreed 
bawla47
Premium Member
agreeing with reefwreak, i also read the report that rowaphos works the best, but i think it wasnt a HUGE win over phosban etc.
been running phosban for a while, good enough for me, 0 algae. never bothered testing for phosphates.
i honestly would like to switch to something cheaper as i think ferric oxide is ferric oxide no matter what label it has, maybe the grain size and shape has alot to do with its absorbtion properties tho. but if it works in 2 minutes or 2 days, doesnt really matter to me as long as it works. its always nice to save money when you can.
been running phosban for a while, good enough for me, 0 algae. never bothered testing for phosphates.
i honestly would like to switch to something cheaper as i think ferric oxide is ferric oxide no matter what label it has, maybe the grain size and shape has alot to do with its absorbtion properties tho. but if it works in 2 minutes or 2 days, doesnt really matter to me as long as it works. its always nice to save money when you can.
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the reactor is up and running !!!Coralfragger, I see in this thread here:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1259971
where jdieck did a test of 3 GFOs and he said that the rowaphos had the fastest absorption rate. I'm not bringing the argument back, I just wanted to give you an idea of where I was coming from before
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1259971
where jdieck did a test of 3 GFOs and he said that the rowaphos had the fastest absorption rate. I'm not bringing the argument back, I just wanted to give you an idea of where I was coming from before
coralfragger101
Gone Postal
Not to get back into the debate again but briefly skimming through that post I came to the conclusion that PHOsR was actually recommended over the long term. Rowa was better in the short term.
If I had a choice of something that worked faster and shorter OR slower and longer (in this hobby), I would probably go for the slower and longer as we all know sudden changes can bring about catostophic consequences.
I have no idea who jdieck is either but I'll "assume" at this point that he is an average Joe with the best of intentions and doing his best to perform some sort of testing on his own at his home. I could be wrong but the thread doesn't go into those kinds of details. This type of "home study" versus an independant lab study may or may not have come up with the same results.
If I had a choice of something that worked faster and shorter OR slower and longer (in this hobby), I would probably go for the slower and longer as we all know sudden changes can bring about catostophic consequences.
I have no idea who jdieck is either but I'll "assume" at this point that he is an average Joe with the best of intentions and doing his best to perform some sort of testing on his own at his home. I could be wrong but the thread doesn't go into those kinds of details. This type of "home study" versus an independant lab study may or may not have come up with the same results.
coralfragger101
Gone Postal
I may have stumbled across the "study" that you were talking about ReefWreak.
I wasn't even looking for this but came across this site:
http://www.theaquariumsolution.com/rowaphos-why-waste-your-money
Now that got me to thinking about this thread. So of course, with nothing else to do at 2 am I searched for the Berlin Tech Univ site.
Found it. I went to their Research Database search engine:
http://service-forschung.dyndns.org/ht_dig/index.html?fordat
Ends up being in German (wonder why). But I entered Rowaphos in the search engine figuring that it is a name that spans multiple languages.
The search came up empty.
Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmm
I wasn't even looking for this but came across this site:
http://www.theaquariumsolution.com/rowaphos-why-waste-your-money
Now that got me to thinking about this thread. So of course, with nothing else to do at 2 am I searched for the Berlin Tech Univ site.
Found it. I went to their Research Database search engine:
http://service-forschung.dyndns.org/ht_dig/index.html?fordat
Ends up being in German (wonder why). But I entered Rowaphos in the search engine figuring that it is a name that spans multiple languages.
The search came up empty.
Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmm
When running a TLF reactor, what else do you put in? If you only use a few Table spoons? That is a pretty big reactor. I have never used one, but I am installing some on my new set up and was wondering how much to put in the reactor? I have Rowaphos.
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
Ding2daDong
New member
Be careful with Rowaphos. It will strip your water very fast. I have about 150g total water volume and only used 2 tablespoons of Rowaphos to be safe. I change it out every month along with carbon which I put about 6 table spoons all in the same TLF reactor.
hth
-Matthew
chemipure elite keeps my phosphate in check.
i test for phosphate and silicate once a month and according to the saliphert test kits they are always at 0.
seems to work well so i'm keeping with it. just my experience.
i'm surprised i don't see more people using it.
on another note would it be wise to use it in a reactor?
i test for phosphate and silicate once a month and according to the saliphert test kits they are always at 0.
seems to work well so i'm keeping with it. just my experience.
i'm surprised i don't see more people using it.
on another note would it be wise to use it in a reactor?
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