help with hair algae

by **blueshoes2208** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:55 am

look at the master at work

by **Deltasigpony3648** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 7:05 am

thank for the reply but it all gone now i went to my lfs store and he recommended me some strange species of snails and they tore through it in about a week so im all good now

by **Snowboss4492** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:05 pm

whats the species ???? i need to get some myself

shig.........i've used phosban in the pellet form and even the sheet form and i have yet to see it do anything - - - i took it out and nothing has changed either.....could i have gotten two different "Bad" ones???

Boss

by **schigara** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:05 pm

Boss. You need GFO (grannular ferric oxide)--- it looks like this http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... catid=8996 -- Rowaphos and Pura Phosloc work just as well.

GFO is meant to be run in a fluidized bed filter like the phosban reactor made by Two Little Fishies. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... atid=11586

by **Snowboss4492** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:37 pm

i had it in a bag like carbon in one of the trays of my wet/dry.............is that not correct? - - -it was chemi-pure also not phos-ban

this stuff - http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/1 ... pure_elite

thanks for the help,

Boss

by **schigara** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 4:40 pm

That's not nearly as efficient as being in a reactor with the water being pushed up through it.

I have never seen that particular media but it looks like it just has some ferric oxide mixed in. If you are trying to pull the phosphates out, nothing beats 100% ferric oxide in a fluidized bed(reactor).

Be careful if you have any SPS coral because stripping phosphates too quickly can cause bad things to happen to those corals.

I have 2 of these reactors running 24/7. One always has GFO media and the other has straight carbon.

by **Snowboss4492** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:37 pm

i'll look into one right after christmas - - thanks man

by **nicholas542** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 1:32 am

get some emerald crabs, and a full cleanup crew

help with hair algae

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help with hair algae

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