reactor advice

[doma25]

I have a 2 little fishies 150 and 550 reactor for my 120 gallon tank

Should i run the phosban in the 150 or 550
I am going to run both i just dont know which i will put the phosban in and which i will put the carbon in.... so what do you recommend


and which carbon and which gfo should i get?

 

[NYreefNoob]

i would run the gfo in the smaller as you will use less of it then the carbon, rowaphos is probably the best but expensive, realistically can use any gfo or carbon

 

[lnevo]

Really? I end up using with twice as much gfo as carbon by the instructions...using BRS regular capacity And BRS rox carbon....unless I've read the directions wrong =O

 

[lnevo]

Nope carbon directions are 1 tbsp / 10 gallons and gfo was 1 tbsp / 4 gallons

 

[NYreefNoob]

where does brs list how much to use.
and the actual amount varies for each tank, a tank thats been running and just starting to use gfo or carbon should use smaller amounts intially, you can shock corals and fish using to much and dropping levels and polishing water to quick

 

[vio]

This is good. C/P also Active Carbon ROX 0.8 from BRS.


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[lnevo]

where does brs list how much to use.
and the actual amount varies for each tank, a tank thats been running and just starting to use gfo or carbon should use smaller amounts intially, you can shock corals and fish using to much and dropping levels and polishing water to quick

That was the instructions on the package but Im sure they publish it on the product package. But they also have a calculator on their site.

+1 on starting slow. I started at half the dosage and went up over the next few media changes. I also started while underestimating my tank volume.

I change my carbon every 2-3 weeks and gfo every 6 weeks.