Reef Discussion
It lasts UP to. 6 months. If you have high phos & it absorbs large amounts quickly it then needs changing or it won't keep working. !! It's a great product & works well but I find I change my rowa more often than my carbon so it wasnt a good product for me. But once it's full it's full. Apparently won't leach anything back in the tank but won't keep On removing phos from tank either. Hope this helps
Im going to give Aqua Medic Antiphos FE a go. It doesnt need to tumble and is $27 for 500g. Good value i think. Lasts for up 6 month in a 300L average tank apparently... Got some free from a rep so im giving it a shot.
Nitrate control would be NPX in JNS reactror.
Tried Rowaphos. Bit pricey plus you loose a third of it by simply rinsing it before use. No good for me...
Nitrate control would be NPX in JNS reactror.
Tried Rowaphos. Bit pricey plus you loose a third of it by simply rinsing it before use. No good for me...
Be interested in your findings. Just don't be fooled by " will last 6 months ". For example If 250g takes out 0.04 phos ( it's max for grams used ) in 5 days and you still have phos in your tank it will become exhausted & ineffective within that 5 days and will need replacing. So very rare for any phos media to last 6 months Obviously depending on your starting number.
I know that rowa 250g can remove 0.04 within 24hrs if ran according to directions. Seachem Phosguard is the same. Phosguard is cheaper to buy and does not need a reactor.
But you can see how that would def need replacing very quickly, it would take your number down to 0.04 and than stop working.
As far as rinsing the rowa, I normally place it in the reactor, then use the pump to run water through it till the water runs clear, this way you don't lose any of the media during the rinse.
Thanks for the feedback @Lesley, it's an endless persuit to perfection isn't it.
GFO is great, but it only has a limited capacity to bind phosphates.If you're starting out high, I'd recommend changing out small doses weekly until you get it down to where you want it to be. Maybe start with 150g weekly until it drops down, taking out too much too fast is also hard on corals, especially Acropora and Elegance corals.
I've gone through 3kgs of it cleaning up 200 kg of live rock that was abused.
I've gone through 3kgs of it cleaning up 200 kg of live rock that was abused.
I got a bunch from a guy that was retiring and it had been in captivity for over 30 years and needed to have the phosphates removed. I'll pick it up off Craigslist here when I can find it cheap, plus I sell wholesale here in the US.
