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Originally posted by 20 20
So, if the cheato is growing more slowly after the addition of a phosphate reactor, is the overall effect of adding the reactor zero? Is the same amount of phospate being removed from the system, just now it's being done by two methods?
For example, is this the effect of adding a phosphate reactor::
'Before' - Cheato only, phosphate removal at 75%
'After' - Cheato AND phosphate reactor, phosphate removal at 90%
OR is this the effect of adding a phosphate reactor:
'Before' - Cheato only, phosphate removal at 75%
'After' - Cheato AND phosphate reactor, phosphate removal at 76%
(Those numbers mean nothing, just trying get a gauge on the effectiveness of running both, as opposed to one).
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I am a firm believer in the more ways you can export nutrients, it can only be helping you. Its really tough to gauge just how much one is helping out over the other, but both of them are have the same objective of exporting nutrients from the tank. One may be more effective in your tank than the other, but it can only be good in the end. I plan to run both a phosphate reactor and have a refugium on my new system.