review of aquaphos -sold by bruce the dragon

bros,
pls find this simple pic by pic review on the new aquaphos i am using for my tank now. i am glad i had great service from our fellow bro bruce who delivered it to my place just now.

This test will be done via a 24 hr cycle. it will not take into consideration tank ph, ca levels, mag levels, specific gravity etc.. feeding will be as usual. that is all parameters constant and normal so as not to affect the results.

steps i took:
1) measure existing tank PO4 equal to 0.5mg/L, using Salifert PO4 test kit. looks a little darker than 0.5mg mark, but lighter than 1mg mark.
2) use a filter bag and filled it with 150mg of Aquaphos since my tank including sump is abt 427L in total.
3) shake off the fine powder on a pc of newspaper to minimise coloration in main tank. be careful not to breathe in the fine dust.
4) place into sump, notice why i hang it over the refugium light instead of dumping it straight onto the sand. reason is to maximise contact. observed that streaks of brown emitted frm the bag as it contacts water. done at 2145hrs 030904.

will post result tomorow when i measure PO4 again at 2145hrs 040904.
notice that i didn't use any fluidised reactor.
lets see the results tomorow.


cheers.

without fludized reactor will also have very fast results. Fluidized reactor can maximised the phosphate removal.. thats all... Now let me guess... yr PO4 24hrs later will be....... 0.1ppm! More between 0.25 and 0.1...

someone at src tried this product and was successful i tink....







anyway...........whats the pricing of this compared to rowaphos?

actually, i am concerned that this product does not affect my corals becos they are my precious......................

oh my precious............

thus i am trying it in my tank and feeding the info for all to benefit. those keeping sensitive corals. however, i am not representing the pdt at all.
i was glad i had this pdt on time becos i am expanding my collection soon.
and i have never been to src for a long time. just aro will do for me. cheerz

frm LOTR with regds.

whats LOTR? Anyway if this works as well as rowa... can consider changing.. its slightly cheaper than rowa

Originally Posted by Ekia

whats LOTR? Anyway if this works as well as rowa... can consider changing.. its slightly cheaper than rowa

hey ekia,
LOTR is acronym for LOrd of the rings..
if u watched the show u would see a ugly creature who is obsessed with the ring and he calls it the precious.....

aquaphos is $40 for $500ml. i am unsure how much rowa cost.

will post results soon. so far so gd, no bleaching/rtn. all corals doing fine. water is also crystal clear.

Originally Posted by spsman

bros,

steps i took:
1) measure existing tank PO4 equal to 0.5mg/L, using Salifert PO4 test kit. looks a little darker than 0.5mg mark, but lighter than 1mg mark.
lets see the results tomorow.

Just curious, are u getting algae problem at 0.5mg/L of PO4 in yout tank? Or are u just trying to lower PO4 as much as possible?

Originally Posted by Earthborne

Just curious, are u getting algae problem at 0.5mg/L of PO4 in yout tank? Or are u just trying to lower PO4 as much as possible?

0.5 is rather high for corals alr IMO..

i have measured the po4 once again. the results are as follows:
1) the color is slightly lighter than before, but still at the o.5 mg/l mark.

i have positioned the filter bag higher so as to absorb the po4 directly, will measure po4 again tonight to chk whether things improve drastically.

if so, then it could be my improper usuage of the pdt that caused slow reduction of po4.
if not, then the pdt is not as powerful as it claims to be. i dun reckon it is the amount of media i used, becos it is stated that 500ml for 2000litre in seawater application.

i used 150ml.

pics attached