After reading peoples differing opinions of rowaphos i decided i might give it a try.

So i procured myself 100 grams of the stuff, and put it into the little sock thingy on the outlet of my skimmer.

ill take some pics tonight and then twice a week from then on to see what the story is with this stuff and how my acro's do with it.

obviously the test will not be accurate as its not the only thing that has changed recently but i think it will be interesting to see what happens

Briananemone - You probably won't get any different results with ROWA than with any of the other phosphate resins. ROWA is popular becuase it can be fluidised, which is a popular method in Eurpoe for ringing the life out of the media

I am looking at adding it to my own tank, running a kg or 2 at a time. Mind me asking what 100g is worth and where you got it?

Cheers

Pie

100ml's... I'd take a guess at $25?

$250.00 per KG? Surely not.

To use rowaphos correctly you have to fluidise it as it will work much better.

I have used both Salifert and rowa in a sock, but have never fludise it, will soon see when all the reactors arrive in a few weeks if it is any better than Salifert.

I would think that the rowaphos will be more effective in a fluidised filter as it will get much better water contact.

Pricing could be a issue as it is not cheap, will cost more than salifert .

Heya Reef, any indication on cost? Approx.

actually 20$, so very close chimera.

yeah it says that it works best in a fluidised reactor but we'll see

i've never used any phospate removing in my tank so i decided to give it a try

Not sure on retail pricing yet, but could be around this mark looking at overseas pricing.

1000ml $110

250ml $50

It looks like it will cost about 20% more than salifert, so hopefully everyone will get 20% extra performance.

Heres a few pics

then

and now

this is the before pic of the day after i got the coral.

here it is as of today

nice

in just 3 days?!!! how long was it 'brown' prior to rowaphos being used?

Be nice to see the photos from the same angle and with the same light and exposure etc. Hard to tell from the photos as they are so different.

Good to see some colour potential though.

Pie

The acros are looking nice, the flatworms are a bit of a worry, there are millions of them.

millions and then some

i have noticed a reduction in them in the higher areas of the tank but i attribute that to the added flow.

the colouration has been slowly improving from the time of purchase of the two shown corals but i have noticed an improvement in the last few days

the improvements between these photos are not soo much from the rowaphos as they are from been in my tank

especialy with the second coral, from now ill take all the pics from the second angle as it gives a far truer account of the colours.

oh sorry and the lighting and exposure are the same

only difference is the angle (second pics taken from above) and maybe time of day

what do flatworms look like? are they the little dots in the pic? what stores here sell rowaphos? i just cant seem to get my acro's to colour up (well, they are but bloody slowly) - at that price im willing to give it a try too.

best pic ive got of my flat worms are on the lps thread i started behind my purple fungia

Chimera, flatworms... The little bastards are starting to swarm in my tank again.

i had a flatworm infestation a few months ago, there were millions of them. purchased a packet of flatworm exit to get rid of them. but after reading the instruction i decided against it. didn't seem safe enough for me to use. so i just waitedand did nothing (that was hard)

since then my flatworm population has dropped to a very small number.

got some new pics tonight, slight change since the last pics, to be sure though best to see them side by side ill pop them up once photobuckets up again

heres the brown one originally

and last time

and now

a few weeks ago

and now

as you can see there hasnt been a huge change this time, but in real life you can see the two pictured acros developing a deeper colour the brown one seems to be taking on a purplish hue and the green one is a little harder to tell

and heres my monti dig