Rostatos Reefer 450 and Reefer 170

[ofzakaria]

He said .27 a while back

Oh got it. Yeh his icp is 0.03366 mg/l which is almost 0.03ppm.
I believe he use rowphse, that's also why his al is glowing zero..

 

[Rostato]

You K is bit on the high side. You dose potassium? Btw TMP is high on K which is one of the reasons I like it.

I do not dose potassium. Probably just the TMP. I’ve done a lot of water changes lately to avoid new tank syndrome

 

[Rostato]

Oh got it. Yeh his icp is 0.03366 mg/l which is almost 0.03ppm.
I believe he use rowphse, that's also why his al is glowing zero..

Exactly on the rowaphos.

The day I sent out the ICP I tested po4 with the Hanna at the same time and read .06 ppm.

 

[Rostato]

Why's your phosphate so high? I only see a couple fish

I do have a lot of fish. I’m at like 12 fish and I feed a ton of food. My po4 was just high because of not changing gfo

 

[EBJ]

I do have a lot of fish. I’m at like 12 fish and I feed a ton of food. My po4 was just high because of not changing gfo

Ah ok, I only saw two small ones in your tank pic so I was curious. Interestingly I have issues keeping mine detectable without GFO and with several fish, including a couple large ones.

 

[ofzakaria]

I do have a lot of fish. I’m at like 12 fish and I feed a ton of food. My po4 was just high because of not changing gfo

Just to clarify, rowphse is not like regular GFO.
I freaking hate common GFO's

 

[Rostato]

Just to clarify, rowphse is not like regular GFO.
I freaking hate common GFO's

Same. I’ll never use anything else again.

 

[ofzakaria]

Same. I’ll never use anything else again.

You welcome. Just rowphos responsibly ha ha ha

 

[RandyC]

Same. I’ll never use anything else again.

What do you hate about regular GFO?

 

[ofzakaria]

What do you hate about regular GFO?

leaching (iron, al, silica and other impurities) Low efficiency and capacity. Leaching back po4 when reach capacity....

 

[Rostato]

What do you hate about regular GFO?

What Omar said

 

[RandyC]

leaching (iron, al, silica and other impurities) Low efficiency and capacity. Leaching back po4 when reach capacity....

Randy Holmes-Farley:
Not true. I've demonstrated in my own experiments that Rowaphos can release phosphate back to the water, and that is going to be true of every brand. There is nothing a company can do to prevent that.

ROWAphos or BRS GFO ?? - Reef Central Online Community

ROWAphos or BRS GFO ?? The Reef Chemistry Forum

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And BRS HC GFO is likely on par with RowaPhos holding capacity.

 

[Rostato]

Randy Holmes-Farley:
Not true. I've demonstrated in my own experiments that Rowaphos can release phosphate back to the water, and that is going to be true of every brand. There is nothing a company can do to prevent that.

ROWAphos or BRS GFO ?? - Reef Central Online Community

ROWAphos or BRS GFO ?? The Reef Chemistry Forum

www.reefcentral.com

And BRS HC GFO is likely on par with RowaPhos holding capacity.

I’ve still had less issues with rowaphos compared to gfo so far

 

[ofzakaria]

Randy Holmes-Farley:
Not true. I've demonstrated in my own experiments that Rowaphos can release phosphate back to the water, and that is going to be true of every brand. There is nothing a company can do to prevent that.

ROWAphos or BRS GFO ?? - Reef Central Online Community

ROWAphos or BRS GFO ?? The Reef Chemistry Forum

www.reefcentral.com

And BRS HC GFO is likely on par with RowaPhos holding capacity.

I do not believe everything randy Holmes say and I think he is outdated yet still index on while back opinions that he had and never changed.
I have done many icp's and did see leaching off BRS gfo but none from rowphse. Also have seen how with BRS gfo if I do not remove it my po4 increase become faster, maybe its leaching po4 back. Maybe not.
With rowphse, you can keep the media much longer and still see po4 reduction, slowes down when it reach capacity, but still continuous reduction.

 

[EBJ]

If it's not a controlled experiment it's all anecdotal anyway

 

[ofzakaria]

I do not 100% trust openions of R2R moderators and celebrities when the openion is about one of their strong sponsors like BRS and Neptune as example.
Openions by these moderators are tilted, adjusted and sometimes misleading for the advantage of the sponsor. Randy is no exception sadly over the last 3 years..
That's my personal opinion..

 

[Rostato]

Well, I just bit the bullet and bought a Dastaco and some media. Just need to wait a few weeks and find a co2 canister.

 

[ofzakaria]

Well, I just bit the bullet and bought a Dastaco and some media. Just need to wait a few weeks and find a co2 canister.

Welcome to the club bud which one did you end up buying?
Neptune sell canisters btw.
I can also lend you one until you buy...

 

[Rostato]

Got the c2. By far the most money I’ve spent on a piece of equipment for my tank. I feel sick

 

[ofzakaria]

Got the c2. By far the most money I’ve spent on a piece of equipment for my tank. I feel sick

Its ok, you will recover. What in this hobby that is not expensive...
Hope you enjoy it.
Let me know if you will need to borrow my canister. Do not buy a funky one like modified fire extinguisher amd such. Just invest in 5lbs or 10lb.
I like the 5lbs cause they are smaller, I need to change it every 6 months but am ok with that, have 3 to rotate. The 10lb will last me a year but it's big I did not like its size.