slappers Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 hi all again i just done a phosphate test and i am reading 5.0+ so i have starting using Phos-zorb havent tested since its been in (about 12hrs) would i be better off buying a Phosphate filter or just putting a weee pouch in my filter :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 pouch is fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 With phostphates that high it is better to do big water changes until you get it down as it is going to take a lot of phostphate remover to reduce it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted June 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 ok will start doing changes tomorrow i will do 20ltrs per week until it drops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 Fay's were that high & dropped to zero in one week with rowaphos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted June 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 omg whats that lol rowaphos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 reef setup rowaphos in a fluidised reactor and his phosphates dropped heaps too. im running it now and have noticed an improvement in the last few days already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petplanet Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 Mine was 10+ and dropped to 0-0.25 in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted June 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 so where do i get one of these things from??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted June 5, 2005 Report Share Posted June 5, 2005 hollywood fish farm, $110 for 1 litre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowman Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 How long would 1 ltr last on say a 150 ltr fresh water tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 depends on the amount of phosphates in the water, if a little, then a long time. if lots, then a shorter time from memory, it removes up to 15ppm of phosphate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted June 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 well i have done a 20% water change and it seens my phoshate has droped to 2.5 from 5.0. dont no weather its the water change thats done it or the phos-zorb but will do a weekly check now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Had the same problem.My phos was out of control.I changed thousands of litres over three months.This only reduced it to 0.5 and it would not go any lower.Then i got some phosphate killer(salifert).500mls does a 2000ltr tank for 3 months i think and it only cost $60.00.This reduced them to 0.2 within 2 weeks.It seemed to stay there so i got another one which took to unreadable.It has never come back and i change every 2 or 3 months no matter what the reading.Its cheap security and the coral looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted June 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 sweet where did you get that from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzza Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Hollywoods about 3 weeks back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted June 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 cool i will give them a ring tomorrow to get some on the courier cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 whatb about all your corals dying, was that before or after you used the phospate killer??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 I used salifert phosphate eliminator for 2 weeks then invested in a Deltec Fluidised Media Reactor (FR 509 holds 1.2 Ltrs of Media) Put in 1 ltr of Rowaphos and got the result I have been waiting years for in a couple of days. THE ANSWER IS YOU HAVE TO FLUIDISE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 i dont (currently) fluidise, but am using rowaphos between a folded piece of filter wool in the output of the skimmer. after several months of brown acros', they are only now starting to colour up (after about 4-5 days use) -conincidence? perhaps. even so, fluidised reactors certainly are more efficient just cant justify the cost of one right now - especially considering what they cost for how simple they are :-? if anyone is doing another marinedepot order, let me know coz there are cheap ones on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted June 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 ok let me know 2 i will give an order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Chimera why don't you make one? your clever and got the know how they are very simple for what they cost. I have to run the out flow into a basket of filter wool because some Rowa still comes out. http://www.deltecaquariumsolutions.com/Flurec.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Clever? More like smart (arse) Thanks Fay, however I've seen that link and already started looking around for parts. It sounds like yours is over fluidised Fay. Try throttling back the pump or reducing the flow! I will attempt to make one, I figure if I can get it cheap enough elsewhere then it will save me the time sourcing the parts. However, if i can source them cheap enough I'll make several (much like westy1 has done for his zeovit reactors) and sell them here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 let me know how much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 if i cant do it for under $150, i wont bother doing it at all! i'll let you know in due course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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