rowaphos while cycling?

[pinocchio]

anyone uses rowaphos while cycling? any implications?

how abt activated carbon while cycling? any implications as well?

[lightningstrike]

anyone uses rowaphos while cycling? any implications?

how abt activated carbon while cycling? any implications as well?

will do no harm.

[pinocchio]

okay then i guess i will go ahead and get some.. cos i dont want unsightly algae..better start putting in just before the nitrate stage then..

[lightningstrike]

IMHO, even if u use GAC & phosphate remover, there is no way to avoid algae growth during the "new tank syndrome" stage.

[pinocchio]

alright, so i wun put it in then.. lol

[shoelevy]

put better...u will at least prevent full blown outbreak...if wat lightning strike saes is true at least yr outbreak isn't a full one with rowaphos...u will have it controlled then u won't haf such a tough time cleaning tank after cycle

[pinocchio]

roger that.. so now i will put it in!

nyway i thought algae will boom when there's photosynthesis and nitrate + posphate?

so w/o phos they cant grow? wrong? hmm..

but yeah okay thanks a lot guys.

btw sump tank DSB why do pple drop LR in there? any reasons for tt?

[shoelevy]

boom wen both nitrate and phos not there ma...so u use rowa phos no more phosphate then don't grow lor

eh...think liveorkcs makes the refug look more natural for the pods to live in and hide ah

but i not sure on this

people put so i put lor

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[ZeRoC00l]

From what i have read so far, this is what i've interpretated

It's beeter to use rowa right from the start of your tank to reduce/ control / remove PO4 and not giving it a chance to increase.

All LR have a little PO4 in them so remove / control from the beginning is the best.

Cos if you start adding rowa after yr corals are in they (corals) will be affected due to the sudden change in water condition

my 2 cents

[blueheaven]

IMHO, even if u use GAC & phosphate remover, there is no way to avoid algae growth during the "new tank syndrome" stage.

I doubt that.

I have been using contras since day 1 and have no diatoms yet

[Reefbum]

Yup I agree that using Rowa from the start will be better if you can afford.Firstly,it reduces the amount of phospates being absorbed into your LR which will accumulate as the tank matures.This amount is quite impossibe to remove once is established in the LR.Secondly,the amount of nuisance algae will be less and easier to manage during the cycling preiod.

[lightningstrike]

I doubt that.

I have been using contras since day 1 and have no diatoms yet

The "new tank syndrome" i m talking abt refers to the period of time up to ur tank matures and not when ur tank has finished the cycling stage. finishing the cycling stage does not implies that ur tank has oredi matured. maturity of a tank takes abt 6 months or more. during this period, it is not only phosphate that contributes to algae bloom. NO3 and many other nutrients and factors contribute to algae bloom 2.

as i hv said, putting in phosphate remover media right from the start will do no harm. but there is no way to avoid the new tank syndrome.

if anyone manage to get by the new tank syndrome period without having even the slightest hint of nuisance algae, kudos to u. but i doubt so.

juz me 2 cents.

[shoelevy]

put right from start is best

even rowaphos instruction saes so

its to prevent po4 molecules from attaching themselves calcareous material...that is your lr...and in the future start leaching