GFO side effects?

[theyangman]

Meh, I can't imagine that it would have that profound of an effect on the GFO... it is meant to cleanse water of phosphates after all...

 

[BIGSHOW]

I just put the dry material in the reactor and run it in my system until the lines run clean.  Usually 3g of water will do it.  I then stop the pump, turn it back on and run tank water through again for another gallon or so.  I stop again and re-start, if clean, its good to go.

 

[theyangman]

I don't trust you Dave....

Ha ha ha, j/k.

Got any cool SPS?

 

[reeffreak]

what i do when i rinse my gfo is just fill the reactor with unrinsed dry gfo.. then i do a waterchange and pump out as much water as i can through the reactor to rinse the gfo.. i can pump about 3 gallons through it before my return pump starts sucking air.. this has always been the easiest and cleanest way to rinse my gfo, i used to use filter socks on the output but now i just suck out any reminants of gfo or other gunk in the sump when i do the rest of the water change.

+1 rinsed when I do a water change.

 

[reeffreak]

Meh, I can't imagine that it would have that profound of an effect on the GFO... it is meant to cleanse water of phosphates after all...

Some gfo when used up will release shit back into the water, so this isn't true

 

[Poseidon]

[quote author=Duke link=topic=6400.msg62341#msg62341 date=1380549136]
what i do when i rinse my gfo is just fill the reactor with unrinsed dry gfo.. then i do a waterchange and pump out as much water as i can through the reactor to rinse the gfo.. i can pump about 3 gallons through it before my return pump starts sucking air.. this has always been the easiest and cleanest way to rinse my gfo, i used to use filter socks on the output but now i just suck out any reminants of gfo or other gunk in the sump when i do the rest of the water change.

+1 rinsed when I do a water change.
[/quote]

i do this as well, but i only run about 3/4 gallon through it until its clear

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

i hate rinsing gfo and carbon and fullong the reactors with wet media.  it sticks all over he place ..so i full the reactors dry a and hook my pump i use for waterchanges to take the dirty water out of the sump and run it thru the reactors till the water looks  clean coming out of reactors  i do 12 gallon wayerchanges. so i can run at least 5 gallons thru each reactor

 

[TORX]

i hate rinsing gfo and carbon and fullong the reactors with wet media.  it sticks all over he place ..so i full the reactors dry a and hook my pump i use for waterchanges to take the dirty water out of the sump and run it thru the reactors till the water looks  clean coming out of reactors  i do 12 gallon wayerchanges. so i can run at least 5 gallons thru each reactor

Awesome idea

 

[Petercar (RIP Dec 2017)]

[quote author=Petercar link=topic=6400.msg62372#msg62372 date=1380556222]
i hate rinsing gfo and carbon and fullong the reactors with wet media.  it sticks all over he place ..so i full the reactors dry a and hook my pump i use for waterchanges to take the dirty water out of the sump and run it thru the reactors till the water looks  clean coming out of reactors  i do 12 gallon wayerchanges. so i can run at least 5 gallons thru each reactor

Awesome idea
[/quote]thats pretty much the same idea as duke

 

[MrHermit85]

I got that rusty crap when I first started using GFO. Cleaned my sump out and turned the flow down for the reactor and I havnt seen the rusty crap since. (I always rinsed the GFO regardless)

 

[BIGSHOW]

I don't trust you Dave....

Ha ha ha, j/k.

Got any cool SPS?

Lots of cool SPS.  Not sure your ready for the big boy corals yet

 

[theyangman]

The money I give you spends just as easily as the next guys. lol

 

[BIGSHOW]

Indeed it does.

How's your SSC colony doing?

 

[theyangman]

I do not discuss the ssc.

 

[BIGSHOW]

Did I mention I have lots of healthy SSC frags

 

[theyangman]

[img=1400x875]http://www.faniq.com/images/blog/Shut-up-and-take-my-money.jpg[/img]

send pics

 

[BIGSHOW]

LOL

After frag swap there will be a huge update to the WYSIWYG section on the site, including some SSC frags.

 

[Reef Hero]

Lets see the RR Big Boy Acro!!!

 

[BIGSHOW]

Lets see the RR Big Boy Acro!!!

You already own the big boy pieces (except the yellow passion I think).

Here is what I will have.

- Jimmy Bean
- RR SSC
- SSC
- RR Purple monster
- RR Matrix
- RR Blizzard
- RR Pink Floyd
- RR Orange Passion
- RR Pearl Berry
- RR Magma

 

[theyangman]

LOL

After frag swap there will be a huge update to the WYSIWYG section on the site, including some SSC frags.

Can I come before the swap and buy some? I would like to go shopping prior to being picked over.