Who runs carbon (GAC)?
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black diamond[because Ryan left me a ton of it] 24/7.changed every 2 weeks
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I did run it 24/7 until a couple weeks ago. (I buy it in mega bulk so I didn't care about how liberally I used it.) I'm going to back off a bit. It doesn't discriminate against what it pulls out of the water as we all know. So, it's pulling out all the trace that we work so hard to add by one means or another. I will try running one week a month. When I don't run it the water clarity isn't as good and my sump room starts smelling "fishy" but I'm curious to see how the corals respond now that I'm adding amino's and other trace.
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Might I ask where you buy this? Bulk reef supply? Or bulk as in 50lb bags?
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I buy 50lb sacks from a local sponsor.
ive never experienced this and ive run black diamond for over 2 years.i do run po4x4 also
I should also mention that this is on my 10g qt/bedside nano. (It's a 10 gallon tank with a kessil a150, phosban reactor 150, and a powerhead that doubles as a coral qt tank)
The relative amount of carbon to water volume and the fact that I wasn't running anything to remove phosphate could account for our different experiences. Or it is possible that the carbon leaching phosphate wasn't the issue at all. But I too off both my tanks from the same water, feed the same food, and I doubt that the kessil a150 is better at growing algae than the 400w radium.. So I'm blaming the carbon.
What is your experience with the po4x4? Do you have the version with the super tiny beads?? How do you run it, in a reactor??
It seems to work pretty well but I have no way to test my phosphates right now
i like it.i really like no rinsing.yes,tiny beads.made by reef interests.i use 1 cup for 150 total volume and change out every two weeks running in a phosban 150.im sure it could go a little longer as po4 doesnt rise in the two week period but that was my gfo and carbon schedule anyway so i just stick to it.
I like it too but I would recommend that anyone who tries it run the output into a sock OR do like I did and stuff the top of the reactor with polyfil.
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Barry_keith gave me about 1/5 of a bag to hold me over while I wait for GFO to arrive. I might get another bag of it though because it does seem to work well and the company claims that it removes more phosphate and doesn't leach iron into the system like GFO
Barry_keith gave me about 1/5 of a bag to hold me over while I wait for GFO to arrive. I might get another bag of it though because it does seem to work well and the company claims that it removes more phosphate and doesn't leach iron into the system like GFO
looks like you have too much flow running through it.treat it like gfo with a very gentle tumble just on the surface.it should stay at the bottom of reactor and just percolate
That's how it is, but I either had some floaters or blasted through the sponge when I was initially adjusting the valve
Edit: Either way, without that floss I'd have a bunch of media in my tank
Also what you see below the sponge is stuck to the side of the reactor. It's not free in the water.
Edit: Either way, without that floss I'd have a bunch of media in my tank
Also what you see below the sponge is stuck to the side of the reactor. It's not free in the water.
