GFO making its way into the tank?

xxiprxx · 12/08/2009, 06:19 PM

Hey guys is it bad if a few grains of GFO make its way into your display? I noticed that if I shut off my pump to the reactor and turn it back on a few manage to shoot up and make there way past the filter pad (im using a TLF reactor) and ultimatly into my display...

RARA · 12/08/2009, 06:23 PM

This is why I use a sock, and have the return filter empty its self into it.
Ray

UnlcleLuke · 12/08/2009, 06:38 PM

Bad or good? IDK, but I do know that iron is a fertilizer for algae so in a way, bad.

Mako · 12/08/2009, 06:52 PM

Won't hurt anything as it's iron based. Aluminum based, like Phos Gard, is another story.

leftcoastreefer · 12/08/2009, 09:05 PM

someone should make a filter sock for the solana, or aio's for that matter. i run my phosbans into my sock also, youd be suprised how much gfo and carbon dust makes it into the tank. the day after i change the carbon in my reactor, my sock is completely black.

12/08/2009, 06:19 PM	#1
xxiprxx Moved On Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hudson, FL Posts: 358	GFO making its way into the tank? Hey guys is it bad if a few grains of GFO make its way into your display? I noticed that if I shut off my pump to the reactor and turn it back on a few manage to shoot up and make there way past the filter pad (im using a TLF reactor) and ultimatly into my display...

12/08/2009, 06:52 PM	#4
Mako Will Dive For Food Join Date: May 2001 Location: FL Posts: 5,682	Won't hurt anything as it's iron based. Aluminum based, like Phos Gard, is another story. __________________ -Chuck "One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say." -- W Durant Current Tank Info: 300 mixed reef

12/08/2009, 06:23 PM	#2
RARA Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Clearwater Posts: 900	This is why I use a sock, and have the return filter empty its self into it. Ray

12/08/2009, 06:38 PM	#3
UnlcleLuke Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 508	Bad or good? IDK, but I do know that iron is a fertilizer for algae so in a way, bad.

12/08/2009, 09:05 PM	#5
leftcoastreefer Moved On Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Belleair bluffs, Fl Posts: 837	someone should make a filter sock for the solana, or aio's for that matter. i run my phosbans into my sock also, youd be suprised how much gfo and carbon dust makes it into the tank. the day after i change the carbon in my reactor, my sock is completely black.