Gfo use???

Hey Stevie ole boy, is it hot over there? 81 degrees in San Diego!!!

Yeah, basically what I wanted. Just affirmation that I'm not messing with the 2 corals & CUC in there right now.
ROWA, Purigen, etc. are for you "Chaps" overthere across the "pond" with pounds & pounds to slap down at the register! ;D
Actually, I've got some Bulk Reef Supply GFO like 3lbs. So I'm just tryin' to move that out also.
Anyway, thanks again to all my great Reefing colleagues!!

 

Yeah TG, I got it. This GFO instructs 1t. per 8g. slowly "ramping" up the amount. I've used it before and am currently using 4 semi-heaping teaspons for approx 70g's. I understand what you are saying but I usually change the filter sock once a week anyway. I'd rather do that than pick, nip, siphon, pull, pinch algae for an hour everyday.

 

81 - I wish we could have a couple of cool days at 81
we got up to a mid afternoon 34 C yesterday which is over 90f

I once played golf and felt exhausted after the 1st X 9 to be told it had peaked at 38C out on the course (100 F)


and temperatures over that are also common during the summer LOL
Steve

 

Seabass1, I would NOT recommend putting GFO into a nylon sock then into the filter sock. The water coming into the filter sock is most likely too fast for GFO to work right and will cause the GFO to tumble too much creating fines and entering the water column; also the GFO would release whatever phosphate it absorbed back into the water if the GFO was disturbed too much.-- Putting the GFO into a reactor is really the best way to go about it and like Steve said do it in half amounts to start with.

GFO has worked great for me in reactors but my corals did not respond well for a long time and once I dropped the GFO dose they all came booming back better than before. so use half of whatever the instructions are.

 

My bad. I have to stop reading and replying to posts on two hours of sleep. LOL

 

As far as using a GFO at this specific time (5 month old tank), both PhosBan and Rowaphos suggest using their product immediately after setting up a new aquarium to ensure the concentrations of PO4 never rise in the first place. I have used both products and have had good results. My PO4 is consistently 0.00. I also had algae problems before using the GFO. My tank is not much older than yours and it was suggested to me at one point, that having an algae problem in a new aquarium could be attributed to the maturing process.