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So after 5 days of testing, I am seeing a pattern. Organic phosphates dropped fast once I removed 95% the algae from my system. It dropped about...
Chemi-clean strips oxygen out of the tank. Seen far to many people 'follow the instructions' with that product only to end up killing all their...
I am guessing your concern is lack of dissolved O2, not too much o2? It is very difficult to have too much O2, even with an ozone generator....
Yup, halimeda. I like the look of it in a display, tried it once, but the biggest problem was it spreads very quickly once it takes hold. Could be...
Here is the relation of bacteria to algae to UV and IR light. I still believe there is something to this, and finding a good balance between...
I think if you just put a filter sock on the output of the L2 like Bud is already doing, just raise it a few more inches to filter all the water,...
I will take some pictures later today, but it is still a dry sump at the moment. I am siliconing in the screen guides today. I had never removed...
My head hurts now.. Like Bud, I am soooo confused about those siphon breaks. I understand the purpose, just not what is going on in those...
It's my honor to be the newest inductee on the first multi-banning day. :cool:
Ran a couple more tests right now. Organic phosphates in tank with rock/corals : >1.0 Organic phosphates in display 24 hrs after screen removal :...
I have been running a skimmer 24/7 for the past year on that tank, obviously a skimmer doesn't remove organic phosphates unless it is bound to...
I just took my algae scrubber off line. I am very curious to test over the next few days to see if indeed it is the algae causing the issue by...
This may or may not have anything to do with the topic, but I just tested for organic phosphates. I grabbed a Hach Phosphate test kit from work,...
I had thought about making triangles with the screen (/\/\/\) instead of completely vertical but I can't see that working any better because once...
That is an excellent point about the algae growing faster at the top of the screen in this type of setup. That hadn't even crossed my mind so...
I am starting to say 'screw the pods'. LOL. In a healthy display tank there should be more than enough places for pods to live and grow, any that...
I can't make heads or tails out of that post/pictures. Picture below is a quick and dirty of what my plan is. I am changing the glass baffles...
Ya, that was the passage. SM is the only person I know of that advocates never doing a water change. Others may limit water changes but he is the...
First off, just gotta say, I loved the dig that Reefbuilders did against Santa Monica today in this article:...
Big congrats to Bud for making it in a Reefbuilders article! Wishing you years of continued success....
