Alright I got what you're saying. But that's IF they're leeching. I'm gonna stop the biopellets first and see what happens.
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Dan's 150 Rebuild
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No the tank is brand new but it has all of the old sand, rocks and most of the water. Barely had a mini-cycle. This tank has been up for almost 4 months
Sorry, old sand as in 2 month old sand, it was the sand that was in my 135g but then that started leaking so I got a 150 instead so I just swapped everything over
I feel your pain with the phosphates. For what it is worth I had to run GFO before I started my pellets. I ran GFO for ~6 months before starting my pellets. I had a nasty hair and cyano problem all due to Sandy. My phosphates and nitrates were very high though. I rarely see any cyano but my hermits take care of that maintenance.
Almost forgot, your not exactly close to me but I pretty much have whole 1000ml of rowaphos.
Almost forgot, your not exactly close to me but I pretty much have whole 1000ml of rowaphos.
I just got in from work, stopped and picked up phosguard. How does everyone recommend I run this? Filter media bag or reactor?
My cyano is taking over. Real bad. I may have to go lights out again while doing another water change/siphoning.
My cyano is taking over. Real bad. I may have to go lights out again while doing another water change/siphoning.
Would I be able to use it in my Biopellet reactor? Its an aquamaxx XL reactor.
Now I'm lost. Just tested my po4 3x with the Hanna checker and all 3x it came up 0.00ppm when 3 days ago it was at 0.16ppmish
I did do a water change and siphon out a lot and added some more Biopellets 2 days ago. Do you think that the additional pellets and water change helped reduce it that fast? I'm so confused as to what I should be doing now
I did do a water change and siphon out a lot and added some more Biopellets 2 days ago. Do you think that the additional pellets and water change helped reduce it that fast? I'm so confused as to what I should be doing now
Well I shut off my BP reactor so I guess I'll see if there's a change tomorrow morning. Getting my water change ready for tomorrow so I can siphon out as much as possible.With regard to the reactor yes,
With regard to your test do it again to be sure the result is the same. If it is don't do anything, if it's different don't do anything until tomorrow
Dan's New 150RR
I still
Think you shouldn't have went cold turkey with the bp. If I was you, id ditch the carbon and put phos gaurd in there, and cut your bp in half. Cut bp in half again next week. Get rid of them in 2-3 weeks. You may be right with them not being established, but I don't think it's worth the risk.
I still
Think you shouldn't have went cold turkey with the bp. If I was you, id ditch the carbon and put phos gaurd in there, and cut your bp in half. Cut bp in half again next week. Get rid of them in 2-3 weeks. You may be right with them not being established, but I don't think it's worth the risk.
I'm going to test tomorrow morning. If it has a reading, I'll cut it in half and swap out the carbon for phosguard. Then eventually get rid of the BP altogether.
Nah I hear ya man, trust me, I do not want this to go even further south! Lol this is already driving me crazy so the easiest way out is best!
You're reading 0 phosphate because your massive cyano outbreak is sucking it up and making it undetectable
So weird that u said that. I was literally just thinking if that's what was going on. Guess I gotta really siphon this crap out
Tested my po4 again after shutting over my biopellets, first time it was 0.03 then it was 0.00(quick test) then it was 0.02ppm. I have to go to work in a couple hours so when I get home I'm gonna do a water change, siphon, swap out my carbon for phosguard and cut my pellets in half
