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Brightwell Aquatics Phosphatr Regenerable Phosphate-Adsorption Resin.

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I have been seeing some bad side effects from what I can contribute to is due to the Bio Pellets that I decided to add to my aquarium. So I decided to ditch the whole Bio Pellets thing until I can get every one of my issues under control. Then I realized that I needed something to keep phosphates in check while I worked out the kinks. So I decided to turn to Brightwell Aquatics Phosphatr Regenerable Phosphate-Adsorption Resin. I purchased the smallest amount available (175ml) so I could test out the product on my system. Hopefully this will yield better results than my Bio Pellets.






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  1. melev's Avatar
    What was the specific problem you were fighting that made you opt to remove the biopellets?
  2. baker.shawn's Avatar
    id also like to know, i have had nothing but good results with the exception of having ultra low nutes and loosing color, but that is because my tank has hardly no fish (bio load) and i feed 3 times a week
  3. TH3C1SC0K1D's Avatar
    I was getting a lot of cyano within the display tank which I have read and also heard from other members regarding their experiences as well. I guess its not something I should use when just starting the aquarium but I am going to take it back to basics for a while and slowly change things around. First I have to deal with my lighting issue.
  4. melev's Avatar
    I had some cyano, brown stuff that bugged me, and some dinoflagellates. My tank too was new and it bugged me. I just cleaned out what I could to keep it under control.

    I dosed with Chemi-Clean twice in my frag tank (10g) but never the main system. I used Peroxide (3%) for 8 days twice in the 400g. And I did quite a bit of sand stirring with a Kent Scraper to get that brown dust water-borne.

    Algae-phases are part of new tanks no matter how you set them up.
  5. baker.shawn's Avatar
    how many times can you regenerate this media? looks like a real money saver compaired to GFO, the particle size is so small id be scared of loosing half of it before it comes time to regenerate
  6. NanaReefer's Avatar
    Which reactor are you using for this?
  7. TH3C1SC0K1D's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by baker.shawn
    how many times can you regenerate this media? looks like a real money saver compaired to GFO, the particle size is so small id be scared of loosing half of it before it comes time to regenerate
    The regeneration process requires a separate media called RegeneratePhor which is not expensive at all (about $9.00 for 1,500ml of it). I have about 175ml currently and that amount will regenerate the media up to 8 times. I don't think you can go wrong with that. Also I wouldn't be worried about the small size because I have used GFO before and this media once in water appears pretty heavy. I have actually had to increase the water flow to get the boiling water affect going. My only issue it that it is so small it fell through the reactor plate a bit and collected on the very bottom of the reactor which is more annoying then detrimental in my opinion.
  8. TH3C1SC0K1D's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by NanaReefer
    Which reactor are you using for this?
    I re-purposed on of my Avast Marine Works MR-5 "You Build" Media Reactors to fluidize the media. I originally had sand in it but it kept clogging and so I decided to remove it until I could get some custom designed equipment delivered.
  9. chuck's Avatar
    How are the Avast products working out for you? I have been looking at them myself.
  10. TH3C1SC0K1D's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by chuck
    How are the Avast products working out for you? I have been looking at them myself.
    They are working quite fine. I am actually working with Justin of Avast to get some custom made items as well. I would recommend them without a doubt in my mind.
  11. melev's Avatar
    Did you use any sponges with this media?
  12. TH3C1SC0K1D's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by melev
    Did you use any sponges with this media?
    There are sponges that came with my media reactors but they got clogged with sand so I just decided to do without them for the time being.
  13. melev's Avatar
    For GFO, you should definitely use the sponges. They protect your fish and corals from harm from the fines that come off the media. I don't know anyone that has run without them - seems like a dangerous method to me.