Rowa or Brs

[ChrisB]

I am going to be buying phosphate remover soon and I was wondering if I should go with the Rowa phos or BRS. Anyone use or have used both?

 

[jedimaster1138]

I've used BRS, both the regular and the high capacity. Works fine. The HC seems to be less dusty.

Lately I've been using the Premium Aquatics brand...PhosBlast. It's their version of the high capacity stuff. Seems a tad dustier. Shrug. Works just as well though. PO4 stays low despite the large amount of food I dump in my tank. I got the Phosblast on sale for black Friday so I stocked up.

I think most GFO's are the same...somewhere I even saw it suggested they all came from the same plant. Shrug.

Rinse, light dance - not a crazy tumble - and it works.

 

[ChrisB]

I was wondering since the Rowa phos is like moist to you get less weight wise lol. Love the Avatar I am a Huge TF Fan.

 

[lnevo]

I just changed to the HC this weekend. The amount of dust while rinsing was significantly less than the standard. I've never used rowaphos but am interested in hearing the comparisons

 

[ChrisB]

Is HC BRS?

 

[jedimaster1138]

BRS sells 2 kinds of their own brand of GFO

Regular:
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/brs-bulk-gfo-granular-ferric-oxide.html

High Capacity, aka HC:
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/brs-bulk-gfo-granular-ferric-oxide-high-capacity.html

I really wish I could have Peter Cullen narrate my life.

 

[ChrisB]

BY the pound http://premiumaquatics.com/aquatic-supplies/PA-BF.html

 

[Edv]

How is http://premiumaquatics.com/aquatic-supplies/PA-BF.html there GFO?

Any good.

 

[troywalkerphoto]

Rowa by far the best and no leaching back into the system!

 

[Edv]

I using Rowa now..

looking to see if there is anything out there any good and cheaper.

 

[jackson6745]

I use both rowa and regular brs gfo. Rowa is 4 or 5 times stronger. I used 25% te amount of rowa and it lasts longer on my system than the brs stuff. As for rowa not leeching back into the system, I don't believe that to be true. I test the effluent of my gfo reactor and will get a higher reading than the tank when the media is exhausted.
The good and bad thing about rowa is that it gets you to that next level of low phosphate. Good if you're high nutrient, bad if you're uln.

 

[Edv]

How about premium aquatic gfo any good?

 

[TUSI]

I've tried many types of GFO Rowa is best I found and last the longest

 

[vio]

I've tried many types of GFO Rowa is best I found and last the longest

+1, i buy............................

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RowaPhos-5k...733?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a8aad0bd5

 

[ChrisB]

How much rowa do you use say for 100 gallons?