water change question

[Deep Dive Coral]

Yeah absolutely

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

Can I put the BRS gfo in the mesh sock and put it in my overflow. Or does it need to be in a reactor

 

[midtownman]

I would rather put it in a reactor due to lower maintenance

 

[kalapnath]

i do 10 gallons on my 57 each week ..............

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

So I have decided to hard plumb my return pump. Should I stay with half inch all the way up or do I expand it to 3/4 so that it is not as much direct pressure. Also where can I buy a check valve from?

 

[cono]

try home depot or the plumbing suply on treamont ave in throgs neck

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

So i replumbed and my ph increased due to it. Added more surface movement. Ment from 8.12 to 8.27 fatigue the day. Been running chemipure and now I need to check phosphate levels. B4 chemipure phosphate was .18. Will check today again with Hannah meter.

 

[mbg75]

I have a 54 corner also. Doing 10gal every 2 weeks. Euro reef skimmer. 250mh.

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

so i just checked the phosphate again. down .01 low its .17 i guess its a slow process to get it down.

 

[jcs11236]

dont think chemipure elite alone will help the phos problem.. i have a 28 gal and i use a full unit of chemi elite and i add an extra 3 scoops of brs gfo in the same bag.. keeps my phos at .00-.02 using hanna

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

well im going to switch over to the brs gfo. im getting redy to do a WC also. lol

 

[Magiclamets]

Chemi pure rocks!

 

[mbg75]

You can use phosguard (alum oxide) to drop phosphate rapidly over 2 days, then use GFO to keep it maintained low.
And yes a reactor would work better.

IMHO, CPE isnt worth the money.
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/chemistry/89852-chemi-pure-elite.html

 

[Deep Dive Coral]

Right now I have chemipure elite and gfo running. Definitely getting better growth with the chemipure elite on the system.

 

[ejsaints]

I have a 92 and (2) 54 corner tanks. 2 have 2:1 live rock to gallons. My kid's tank 54 has about 80-90#'s of LR. I do 10 gallons per week on my 92 and 5/week on the 54's. I only have softies, leathers and lps. I have no experience yet with sps. Nothing in my tanks show any signs of stress. Im new to this and have never lost a fish or a coral to a water condition so I am going to say that lots of water changes are fine. I also have lots or LR and LR rubble in my refugiums so im sure that the amount of LR helps stabilize a system. I wish I could use 1 central fuge to really stabilize my systems.

Maybe it would be good to have a container with LR and new saltwater to have cycling to use for water changes if you r doing more water changes more often. That way it has a jumpstart on bacteria. What r peoples' thoughts on that?