Phosphate Remover

[ct_vol]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10947616#post10947616 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DocG
By performing comparably I mean that it keeps my phosphates at 0.03 on my Hanna and Merck kits (yes, I run two phosphate test kits - that's just the way I am).

Do you like your Hanna Phosphate Colorimeter??? Do you have the low range??? Just want to make sure they're accurate before I shell out that kind of money...

 

[DocG]

Do you like your Hanna Phosphate Colorimeter??? Do you have the low range??? Just want to make sure they're accurate before I shell out that kind of money...

I love my Hanna. It is the low range. As far as accuracy goes, it is always the same as the Merck. People say that in the very low end (under 0.03 ppm) they are no longer accurate, if that is the case then the same should be said for the DD Merck as I have always found them to correlate really well in this range as well.

I think that a high end phosphate test is important, but the DD Merck will do you just as well, it is just harder to use and read and I feel that the extra expense is worth the digital readout you get with Hanna.

Also the reagent comes prepackaged so you don't have to worry about multiple steps, just dump and mix.

 

[ct_vol]

Thanks for the info...

 

[dhnguyen]

Phoslock by Magnavore Magnets here

 

[gcarroll]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10946474#post10946474 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jdieck
Warner Marine PHOsR and Warner Marine PHOsR HC. IMO one of the best out there.

What am I, 10th?

 

[Horace]

Has anyone tested the TPS pellets or grains??? I hear NOONE refferring to them. His prices are VERY reasonable and I even got my bucket on sale so mine was dirt cheap in comparison. Im pretty damn happy with the results. I just wish I had a Hanna to compare numbers.

 

[Serioussnaps]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10952825#post10952825 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Horace
Has anyone tested the TPS pellets or grains??? I hear NOONE refferring to them. His prices are VERY reasonable and I even got my bucket on sale so mine was dirt cheap in comparison. Im pretty damn happy with the results. I just wish I had a Hanna to compare numbers.

I have been speaking with people in PM about it. I will ask them to post here. I hear its all Bayoxide P-33, just made into different forms like pellets etc.... and repackaged.

 

[jman77]

I use TPS GFO Pellets.... so far so good

 

[Horace]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10953345#post10953345 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Serioussnaps
I have been speaking with people in PM about it. I will ask them to post here. I hear its all Bayoxide P-33, just made into different forms like pellets etc.... and repackaged.

Noone denies that... you can read that on TPS's site actually. That being said, it should work just as good as any other product that uses bayoxide.. I would guess phosban, and several others are this same product. However, at the price, I dont care if it is as good as Phosar or the other new versions.. I can replace it 4x as often for the same price.

 

[dhnguyen]

Kurt- You should know by now that in this hobby a name sometimes is just a name to justify a higher pricetag

 

[meschaefer]

This is a very good read on GFO

 

[Horace]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10953773#post10953773 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dhnguyen
Kurt- You should know by now that in this hobby a name sometimes is just a name to justify a higher pricetag

I know it all to well, which is EXACTLY why i got the TPS pellets. I have enough to last me for years and I paid a fraction of what these other products are selling for. I can tell just by looking at the glass that my Po4 are much lower now since using the product, so I am happy with its performance thus far. Infact, I was even using Zeo before and my po4 seem to be much lower now than it was with Zeo.

 

[HBtank]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10946474#post10946474 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jdieck
Warner Marine PHOsR and Warner Marine PHOsR HC. IMO one of the best out there.

Yep

 

[Serioussnaps]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10954819#post10954819 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by HBtank
Yep

I think its due to the shape of it...at least the regular phosar. Can't speak for the HC.

 

[Amphiprion]

Oops. I accidentally voted for the wrong thing. I use TPS' pelletized Bayoxide 33-P. It is a good product and *seemed* to work slightly better than most. Whether or not it was a result of it being relatively cheaper in bulk or actual results, I am happy with it. I also use their pelletized ROX 0.8 carbon (incredible stuff).

 

[dzhuo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10954742#post10954742 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Horace
I can tell just by looking at the glass that my Po4 are much lower now since using the product

how do you tell? by the amount of algae on the glass? i ask because i notice water clarity has improved drastically since i put a small bag of GFO in my 10g last night. i don't think the reduction of p04 will increase water clarify, or does it?

 

[Rays]

Warner Marine PHOsR and Warner Marine PHOsR HC. IMO one of the best out there.
Yep, here too. Using the HC.

 

[jdieck]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10962554#post10962554 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dzhuo
i don't think the reduction of p04 will increase water clarify, or does it?

You ar right the reduction of PO4 does not afect clarity.
There are some posibilities for the media to improve clarity that I can think off. One will be that the media bag is acting as a mechanical filter, the other one I can think off is that if you were having some abiotic precipitation signaled by minute white floating particles and the media lowered the alkalinity a bit it might have been enough to stop the precipitation

 

[Liteon]

I'm using Warner Marine PHOsR. It's the best.

 

[dzhuo]

jdieck,
i did notice the media bag traps some debris but the bag is 250micron which is too large to polish the water. anyway, do you think the debris trapping will be a problem? would it affect the p04 absortion? should i replace the media often in this case?

thx!