- Location
- Staten Island
As soon as I get back from which I haven't left for vacation,,lol... I will be more than happy to have a fellow reefer experience what I consider to be one of the greater additions to this hobby..
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Something we dose that the system requires, not a trace element...
Is Alkalinity a reaction from different elements aka a measurement??? Calireef..
I also use an XL Midwest Denitrator. As for residual sulfur buildup, don't know
I like fish :fish:
I also use an XL Midwest Denitrator. As for residual sulfur buildup, don't know What I do know is that, I like fish!
I can relate to heavy stocking and all the nutrients that comes along with heavy stocking. (I refuse to say overstocking )
I have 47 fish in a 280g system. It's an 180g and 102g display tied to a common 75g sump. I feed pellets 2x a day and frozen home-brew at night. No3 & Po4 will logically get very high in a system like this. Although this might not be a reef environment, I do keep some LPS in these tanks. The Midwest has been able to let me keep my N03 in check, not zero but good enough to only perform 14% water changes once per month.
Here's what I'm referring to:
180g
102g
Midwest Sulfur Denitrator[/QUOTE
Love It.....Nice....I agree with the term overstocking....:splitspin....lol
So Tomtoothdoc to make a long story short, sulfur =regular water changes still.. Methanol little to no if any water changes.. You still need either way to add "supplements",,lol...
Yeah Dialyseas is great just really expensive and can be complicated like most of this hobby..
Holy crap that's a lot of fish in there!!.. What's the No3 numbers before and after?
So true...but dam I want one...
Pecan2phat, where did you get the 102g i been looking for a good rimless tank
are you trying to not do anymore water changes? Dialysea does cost alot and yearly replacement parts end up costing alot more than a regular RO unit. I am still trying to figure out how to make a DIY type
yea $405 isnt that bad but if you think about it its a dialasis and a ro unit that is all rolled into one. I went through searching this unit and it seems to me it just does daily water changes that keeps it at the same salinity
Here is a nice link where i base most of my info on this unit also it says round $700 a year for maintaing the system even though it might be out dated material
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-04/pr/index.php
what! you got to fill me in on that... Someone might have some very good connections
I've been Vodka dosing for the last 6 months
15Ml per day 90% vodka 10% vinegar
my PO4 is .01 my nitrates are under 5PPM (lamotte test kit)
just my .02
Vinegar is also used as a carbon source but I don't know the reason Frank is using it in his tank. It more commonly mixed in with kalk water to lower pH and contribute as a carbon source.