New Hanna checker NEED to correct phosphates ideas on how.

[ajremington68]

Okay I bought this to try. It says it treats 80gals and has 3 packets so does the 3 packets treat that or 1 packet? Gunna rinse it with rodi and put it in a new filter sock and give it 3 days and test and see. Gunna continue my same feeding and everything. Thinking of it I feed 2 strips of nori a day for my tangs cuz they love it and I heard nori increases phosphates

 

[ajremington68]

Update put in new sock and the gfo and j tried to rinse it but nothing really came off of it and the bag isn’t really mesh but water can still pass thru so I will test every other day and see the effects and update for someone else in my same situation

 

[Formulator]

I think 1 pack treats 80 gallons. I would start with that.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I have 2 purple tangs... what is lanthanum is that a ingredient in Phosphate-E?

Yes, lanthanum is the active ingredient in nearly all liquid phosphate reducing products.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Okay I bought this to try. It says it treats 80gals and has 3 packets so does the 3 packets treat that or 1 packet? Gunna rinse it with rodi and put it in a new filter sock and give it 3 days and test and see. Gunna continue my same feeding and everything. Thinking of it I feed 2 strips of nori a day for my tangs cuz they love it and I heard nori increases phosphates

Is it reddish brown the way the picture looks? I’m trying to understand the color (indicates GFO) vs the words resin on the package (which normal GFO is not).

 

[ajremington68]

Is it reddish brown the way the picture looks? I’m trying to understand the color (indicates GFO) vs the words resin on the package (which normal GFO is not).

Yes it’s almost a rusty color and it’s lily little shards of a ceramic type thing. Belive it’s gfo is odd that it says active resin. Maybe that for the silicate removal that it says it does aswell.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Yes it’s almost a rusty color and it’s lily little shards of a ceramic type thing. Belive it’s gfo is odd that it says active resin. Maybe that for the silicate removal that it says it does aswell.

Maybe they don’t understand what a resin is. lol

 

[ajremington68]

Maybe they don’t understand what a resin is. lol

One thing commonly found in the creators of these additives and stuff putting wrong ingredients. How long do you think before I should test again to see if this packet of gfo in a filter sock is working? Also does the phosphate bind with the gfo and disappear or is it concentrated right there on the packet until you pull it out of your sump? Or does it bind and get extracted via my protein skimmer?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

One thing commonly found in the creators of these additives and stuff putting wrong ingredients. How long do you think before I should test again to see if this packet of gfo in a filter sock is working? Also does the phosphate bind with the gfo and disappear or is it concentrated right there on the packet until you pull it out of your sump? Or does it bind and get extracted via my protein skimmer?

It gets stuck to the GFO, but could come back off if you lower the phosphate concentration in the water some other way before discarding it.

 

[ajremington68]

It gets stuck to the GFO, but could come back off if you lower the phosphate concentration in the water some other way before discarding it.

gotcha so lets say I dose Phosphate-E for whatever the reason it can come off the GFO and go back into he water column?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

gotcha so lets say I dose Phosphate-E for whatever the reason it can come off the GFO and go back into he water column?

Yes, that could happen, off the GFO and then bound by the lanthanum.

 

[Spare time]

I wouldn't try lanthanum and would just put gfo in a very fine mesh bag into a filter sock area or similar flow and replace when needed. No need to panic.

 

[ajremington68]

I wouldn't try lanthanum and would just put gfo in a very fine mesh bag into a filter sock area or similar flow and replace when needed. No need to panic.

how long would you wait to test phosphates after adding the GFO into the sump? I want to check after 24hr but don't know if it'll change and don't want to waste to much reagent for my new hanna checker cuz I'm not sure but gunna assume its expensive.

 

[Spare time]

how long would you wait to test phosphates after adding the GFO into the sump? I want to check after 24hr but don't know if it'll change and don't want to waste to much reagent for my new hanna checker cuz I'm not sure but gunna assume its expensive.

I usually test after a day because its rather strong but a week is probably fine if you use a smaller amount.

 

[Seansea]

Ya test frequently cuz gfo will strip it fast and take it to 0 which is not good. That's reason I quit using way back. Dosing lanthunum chloride from reputable company way easier to control.

 

[ajremington68]

I usually test after a day because its rather strong but a week is probably fine if you use a smaller amount.

Well shoot I will test it tomorrow after work and see what I am at after reading these

 

[Justdrew]

Also side question just got this checker off a reefer and he gave me this reagent too, does it work the same as the phosphate? Being it’s phosphorus?

Those 2 are not interchangeable. 2 different Hanna testers.

 

[ajremington68]

Now what in the heck. I added the 1 packet of gfo photos above and this is 3 days later it has went from 0.46 now to 0.74… how does this happen? Haven’t feed more or anything everytbing is the same. Maybe needs a water change?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Now what in the heck. I added the 1 packet of gfo photos above and this is 3 days later it has went from 0.46 now to 0.74… how does this happen? Haven’t feed more or anything everytbing is the same. Maybe needs a water change?

Water change is not typically a good solution to elevated phosphate.

 

[ajremington68]

Water change is not typically a good solution to elevated phosphate.

I have a salifert test kit i will use and then do another hanna test and see if it’s elevated according to those. I’m just confused why it would jump once I add gfo and it’s purpose is to lower it.