phosphate reactor w/ phosguard

You can use it loose in the reactor. I just started mine up yesterday with phosgaurd and so far my tank is a little cloudy and my leathers aren't as happy as they were prior to installation. I will be using it for another couple days and then I will switch to gfo.

 

Did you rinse the phosguard? I started using mine on Friday and rinsed it through the reactor into a bucket until the water came out clear and all my corals seem happy and I'm seeing a decent reduction in cyano

 

Yes I did, I had help on my thread and the diagnosis was that I had too much flow through the reactor. The cloudiness has already cleared up and is looking better. How long are you planning on leaving the phosgaurd in the reactor befor you replace with more or gfo?

 

I don't think I'll be switching to gfo my plan is to use the phosguard until my phosphates aee around 0.03 and 0.00 then I'll take the reactor out of service and test weekly, once I see my phosphates start to creep up I will put thecreactor back into service.

Sounds good on paper lol but I'll see how that works out

 

That sounds like a good plan. Paper plans are always sound good. Thanks for your help.

 

I may also cut the amount of phosguard and just keep the reactor running full time

 

I was thinking about cutting down the phosguard when I see the desired results. I am showing 0 phosphate with my test kit but I have cyano on the substrate and on some rock that I just can not get rid of. Weekly water changes, more flow, you name it I've tried it. So I built my reactor and now trying the phosguard. It is something I haven't tried so its worth a shot.

 

The cyano you're going to want to remove manually, with the low phosphates it will die but still remain on the surface just brown and disgusting, the actual left over red stuff will come back but will be less, keep removing it as you see it and eventually it will be gone. Every other day I was vacuuming off my rocks of the stuff, it was only last week that I noticed it wasn't growing back

Stick with it, be diligent and eventually you will beat it