ROWAPHOS or Phosban?

[Reggae Fish]

ROWAPHOS or Phosban?


What have been your personal results. Pros? Cons?

 

[DrBDC]

Look for PhosarHC. It has a better grain size and can take better flow levels as well as a higher level of binding sites per gram.

 

[Reggae Fish]

Too pricey

 

[zt444a]

puraphos... worked very well for me. Got a good price on it at Andy's Animals, believe it or not....

 

[DrBDC]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9626917#post9626917 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reggae Fish
Too pricey

Using prices from premium aquatics,

PhosarHC 400g=50 = .125/g
Phosban 1200 grams=80 = .666/gram

I believe that the phosarHC has 2X the binding ability which translates to either lasting 2Xas long or 2Xas much phosphate removed. So the price ends up the same just half as many times you have to change it. By the time you clean it out, soak out the hard deposits w/vinegar or whatever the choice is, wouldn't it be the same? Labor +cleaning materials end up making the other more expensive unless you like to clean.

This analysis only holds true if the phosarHC does indeed have 2X the binding ability so verify that with someones analysis. Although those cleanings suck so that gets some extra credit in my view which maybe even makes a 1.5 capacity equal out. Also I'm sure the phosarHC comes in a larger size as well somewhere which would bring the price/gram lower and make it even more competitive since I used the jumbo economy phosban size in my comparison.

 

[Reggae Fish]

Depending on if I decide to go with one reactor and run phosban (or whatever media) with carbon, I will probably swap out the carbon and the phosban at the same time. So, it would get even more expensive by doing this way if I'm using something that simply has a longer usage time.

 

[chadfarmer]

it is up to you i have used both and the one howard used also

 

[zt444a]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9629876#post9629876 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chadfarmer
it is up to you i have used both and the one howard used also

I tried it because it was a bit cheaper than Phosban, and from what I read about it, it doesn't leach back either.

 

[JxMetal]

I used whatever the seachem stuff is

 

[kipher]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9627582#post9627582 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DrBDC

PhosarHC 400g=50 = .125/g
Phosban 1200 grams=80 = .666/gram

Just thought I would throw this out there.

80/1200 = .0666/gram, I'm sure you knew this based on what you said.

 

[DrBDC]

Duh, sorry. Forgot the 0 but the conclusion of the HC costing 2X at least came out correct! :lol:

 

[ncox38]

Post removed, i was looking at the wrong products.