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Regenerate GFO

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by blackx-runner, Aug 13, 2013.

  1. blackx-runner

    blackx-runner Administrator Website Team Leadership Team


    Anyone regenerate their GFO? Seems easy and cheap enough to do, just wondering if anyone in the club had done it and what were the results. I picked up an extra BRS reactor and I'm going to give it a shot.


    http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/10/chemistry
     
    blackx-runner, Aug 13, 2013
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  2. ninjazx777

    ninjazx777 Experienced Reefkeeper

    I did for awhile but it was more work then it was worth. I just started dosing lanthium chloride instead.
     
    ninjazx777, Aug 13, 2013
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  3. ninjazx777

    ninjazx777 Experienced Reefkeeper

    Plus the sodium hydroxide eats the impellers up on a maxijet so you will have to spend extra money for a magdrive pump but even they don't last very long
     
    ninjazx777, Aug 13, 2013
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  4. blackx-runner

    blackx-runner Administrator Website Team Leadership Team

    I looked at lanthanum chloride before I bought the last batch of GFO, but there was just too much that could go wrong if done improperly. I wasn't comfortable trying it out. GFO is pretty simple and fool proof. Its just expensive.

     
    blackx-runner, Aug 13, 2013
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  5. ninjazx777

    ninjazx777 Experienced Reefkeeper

    I use it because it was killing me buying gfo for a 1000gal system. I went from using 2 gal a month of gfo to using 6-8 cups of gfo and 1/2 pint of lanthium chloride
    A month
     
    ninjazx777, Aug 13, 2013
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  6. Waverz

    Waverz Expert Reefkeeper

    I was regenerating gfo at ac&c for a bit. It was sort of a pita to do and I found it made the gfo soft and mushy. I was using regular gfo though. I've heard it's not such an issue with the high capacity gfo.
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    Waverz, Aug 15, 2013
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  7. blackx-runner

    blackx-runner Administrator Website Team Leadership Team

    i bought the high capacity from BRS because I had heard it regenerates better.
     
    blackx-runner, Aug 15, 2013
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  8. Bud

    Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

    Buy phos-blast from premium aquatics instead. It's not GFH, but rather like RowaPHOS (if you research it, you will find that it actually is the same stuff), which is just a smidge below GFH in efficacy.
     
    Bud, Aug 16, 2013
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