WTB Carbon/GFO reactor
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sgallant04
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CJ,
I understand you recently bought reactor and were using Bio Pellets to try to fight hair algae. Now that it's been running for a while, was it an upgrade you'd recommend and why?
I understand you recently bought reactor and were using Bio Pellets to try to fight hair algae. Now that it's been running for a while, was it an upgrade you'd recommend and why?
Soulsanctu
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There are group buys set up for the 11th and 12th, You find them under the venders section>Bulk Reef Supply. Just picked up the BRS reactor and GFO, affordable, great design and built to last.
I don't see why there would be. As long as the types of carbon are the same and the particle sizes are as well... Same for GFO. The differences in GFO are going to come down to the particle/granule size. In a properly-functioning reactor, I doubt you'd see a difference.
If I were to do it, I'd use the BRS C/GFO reactor -- plug and play... Just make sure you have adequate flow through it (whatever they say it should be).
The BRS chemicals are (relatively) cheap and I haven't heard of anyone complaining. I've been using their kalk, Mg, and Na2CO3 without issue. I haven't compared prices to the chemical supply houses, tho. I should do that...
Paul
Soulsanctu
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as far as carbon goes...go to BRS site or youtube (subscribe to BRS's channel) and watch the video they have on carbon and particle size. You can also pick up carbon by the bucket on eBay.
as far as GFO, I picked up a pound of the granules(which I figure will last 5-6 months), and the BRS reactor...also picked up the Hanna phosphate checker. Within a day my phosphate was down to .05.....all in all a great deal, and if you get in on a group buy....even better.
as far as GFO, I picked up a pound of the granules(which I figure will last 5-6 months), and the BRS reactor...also picked up the Hanna phosphate checker. Within a day my phosphate was down to .05.....all in all a great deal, and if you get in on a group buy....even better.
I really am liking the ROX brs carbon ultra premium..It it a very small pellet (almost micro).It tumbles really well in my reactors..when I have gfo and it mixed in my tlf550 it is always on top floating and tumbling really well..I bought it five months ago and still have not used it all...
+1 to watching the BRS video it explains different types of carbon they sell ..
+1 to watching the BRS video it explains different types of carbon they sell ..
sgallant04
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When I got started in the hobby, I was told not to use activated carbon. Seems like it was the current advice of the day; does anybody remember that?
It appears that school of thought has changed. What was the reason in the past for not having it vs. now?
It appears that school of thought has changed. What was the reason in the past for not having it vs. now?
Shawn;
Was the warning was not to use it when you start your tank -- let it cycle before using carbon, or not use it at all?
I remember using carbon in FW waaaaay back when (yes, decades ago).
But, things have likely changed. If you're talking more than a decade, I'd say there were so many issues with keeping corals alive that carbon could have been seen as the straw that broke the coral's back :lolspin:
Now that we have the lighting, skimming, and basic husbandry sorted out, some people are running zeo and other ULNS, and the story has changed.
I think you can definitely run into the problem of stripping too much of the good stuff out -- we run into that problem in the ULNS in general, right? So the answer is to feed more... So you can strip out more... It's a vicious cycle!
It's the balance that we seek...
Paul
sgallant04
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Lol then what's all that huge forest of kelp?
