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Phosban or Rowaphos for Po4 removal?
I've got a few buckets of Phosban I got a long time ago and have been running it in a bag in my sump. I recently tested my Po4 with a Hanna meter and .14!! So I am now running it in a Phosban reactor. I hear though Rowaphos is much better at removing Phosphate.
Whats your experience? What things to watch out for when running it actively? I have heard you can do a lot of damage to SPS if you pull out Phosphate too quickly. Right now I have my reactor about half full of Phosban and running it pretty slow. Slowly turning over the media in the chamber. I will have my Po4 tested next weekend with my LFS's Hanna Meter and then go from there. Thanks, Chris
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send me your hanna and i will tell you how much more effective rowa is..
i was using puraphos phosban ect and since i had to replace the media i figured why not spend twice as much for the rowa phos.. i honestly have no idea if its better, i get low readings on my api kit no matter what and no matter what my dinos wont go away.. |
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Rowa is better of those two, but I recommend Phosar HC.
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Arent these all pretty much ferric oxide? I use the generic ferric oxide from twopartsolution.com, and it seems to be doing a good job for me.
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That's what I thought too mcliffy2.
What's the basis for thinking/determining that any one is better than the other?
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Another Twopart person here. This stuff works great and for the price its amazing.
Give you an idea, I have a 210 with a 72 gallon sump half full, been battle phos for a while. Now I have a few large angels and tangs plus others. My phos was .5 easy if not more. I tries the phoslock and it didn do much, rowa did work but at the cost forget, I filled two phos reactors half full of the two part stuff and with in 2-3 day, my phos was 0 and it has been like this for over a month with the same media. Save yourself some money and get the twopartsolution.com(which is now http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/), I went for the pellet version. |
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There is an article by Randy which compares the Phosban and Rowa. They are almost equal.
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twopart now sells and HC version like phosar HC.
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I dont know how effective phosar is compared to Rowa and Phosban but I think the advantage of phosar is that the granules are large enough that you can use it effectively without a reactor.
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How do you use yours? Do you rinse before using it?
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I just put the dry pellets into the phosban reactor and then put the pump into a container of ro water and run it until the water is clear. Once this is done I move it over to the tank. I like doing it this was as I find it harder to put into those phosban reactor and I don't want to loose anything I paid for down the drain. I have two phosban reactors half full linked together and the pump I am using is a maxijet 400 and I have it dialed down so that the media is just moving around.
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I normally change my media at the same time as a water change (don't confuse with changing EVERY time I do a water change). I hook it up normal and put the output into an old salt bucket. Typically after about a gallon or so it's running clear, but I normally do 1/2-3/4 of a bucket.
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