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12-12-2007, 04:26 AM
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#21 (permalink)
| | Plankton
Join Date: Dec 2007
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ROWA is better | 
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12-12-2007, 05:42 AM
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#22 (permalink)
| | Kole Tang
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 41
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i switched over to seachem gel, got tired of loosing the small granuals of rowaphos, and their like cement after awhile. seachem gel is the best of both worlds, charcoal and a media that takes out silica and phos. its tumbling in a reactor and has seperated itself with the the charcoal on top. read the specs on this stuff, i wont go back to rowaphos.
the refugium however is here to stay, will never get rid of that
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01-23-2008, 04:01 PM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 45
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180 Gallon Reef, 150 lbs of LR and 4" LS. 4-175w 10k MH. 8-110 W actinic VHO, 2 Wave2K, LifeReef Skimmer . A 90 gal sump, Top-Off. 2Mag 9.5 return, Life Reef CR LCR-1. 1 Cin Clown, Bub coral, Xenia, Purp Tang, Yellow Tang, Pogoda, 4 Gobies, Niger Trigger, Angel, Brittle Star | |
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01-23-2008, 04:16 PM
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#24 (permalink)
| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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We use Seachem Sea Gel in a Phosphate reactor...Works wonders....  _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html 
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01-23-2008, 05:27 PM
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#25 (permalink)
| | Hammer Head Shark
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Louisville, GA Age: 45
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how often should a product like PhosBan be changed? I'm not seeing any algae anymore(not nearly like what I had) but I'm wondering if this running all the time is what's causing my zoa's to close up and get the gray film? _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
R.I.P. Big Blue 12/02-10/22//07
p.s. I'm a woman!  
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01-23-2008, 05:55 PM
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#26 (permalink)
| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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I asked a similar question in December and knew the answer before I even asked it, as I was hoping there was a general rule of thumb I could follow.....But there wasn't  You have to test the Phosphate level of the water going in and the Phosphate level of the water coming out of the Reactor or place where the phosban is located to accurately tell if it is still removing Phosphates.
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Originally Posted by cuttingras  how often should a product like PhosBan be changed? I'm not seeing any algae anymore(not nearly like what I had) but I'm wondering if this running all the time is what's causing my zoa's to close up and get the gray film? | | |
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01-23-2008, 06:00 PM
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#27 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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I use Pura-Complete and I love it. po4 is always at 0. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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01-24-2008, 12:39 PM
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#28 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by cuttingras how often should a product like PhosBan be changed? I'm not seeing any algae anymore(not nearly like what I had) but I'm wondering if this running all the time is what's causing my zoa's to close up and get the gray film? | If I'm not mistaken, the Phosban turns from white to a pale yellow when it's exhausted. | |
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01-24-2008, 12:55 PM
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#29 (permalink)
| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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Phosban is ferric oxide. | |
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01-24-2008, 12:57 PM
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#30 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Indeed it is but I was always told to look for a color change. I never did though and just replaced it when I thought it was time | |
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