Chuck H.
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Greetings....hope everyone's getting prepped for the upcoming holidays!
Anyway, my 65 currently houses my 5" Undulated Trigger (my boy Shamrok - got him the size of a quarter in '08), 2 large Domino Damsels (3"), and a fiesty little 3-stripe Damsel (1.5"). They've all been together for almost a year now. :fish1:
Filtration is an oldie (but goodie?) Tidepool II commercial sized bio-wheel sump by Marineland (don't think they make them anymore). I change the mechanical media in the 3 trays and carbon bag monthly, along with a 10 gallon wc. I've used various other phosphate and nitrate absorbing pads but don't really notice any difference in water quality with them.
To be honest, I rarely test any parameters on this tank - except SG occasionally and I know my nitrates and phosphates are off the charts. I feed pellets and clams on the half-shell on alternate days and the occasional fiddler crab or cray fish for Shamrok.
Of course I have beautiful HA everywhere and, well, I'm getting tired of looking at it. Also got a clump of chaeto in there.
The bio-wheel is the biological filter (no LR) and of course destroys ammonia and nitrite but, as is well known, spits out tons of nitrate . My question is would a BRS reactor with the biopellet chamber (http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/10-re...e-for-use-with-the-brs-biopellet-reactor.html) help any (I already have both single and double BRS reactors laying around)? Oh yeah, I have an SRO 1000 skimmer that kicks butt.
Here's today's brief video:
<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ChuckH/media/PB230010_zps2ca36987.mp4.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/ChuckH/th_PB230010_zps2ca36987.jpg" border="0" alt=" video PB230010_zps2ca36987.mp4" style="width: 160px";></a>
Anyway, my 65 currently houses my 5" Undulated Trigger (my boy Shamrok - got him the size of a quarter in '08), 2 large Domino Damsels (3"), and a fiesty little 3-stripe Damsel (1.5"). They've all been together for almost a year now. :fish1:
Filtration is an oldie (but goodie?) Tidepool II commercial sized bio-wheel sump by Marineland (don't think they make them anymore). I change the mechanical media in the 3 trays and carbon bag monthly, along with a 10 gallon wc. I've used various other phosphate and nitrate absorbing pads but don't really notice any difference in water quality with them.
To be honest, I rarely test any parameters on this tank - except SG occasionally and I know my nitrates and phosphates are off the charts. I feed pellets and clams on the half-shell on alternate days and the occasional fiddler crab or cray fish for Shamrok.
Of course I have beautiful HA everywhere and, well, I'm getting tired of looking at it. Also got a clump of chaeto in there.
The bio-wheel is the biological filter (no LR) and of course destroys ammonia and nitrite but, as is well known, spits out tons of nitrate . My question is would a BRS reactor with the biopellet chamber (http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/10-re...e-for-use-with-the-brs-biopellet-reactor.html) help any (I already have both single and double BRS reactors laying around)? Oh yeah, I have an SRO 1000 skimmer that kicks butt.
Here's today's brief video:
<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/ChuckH/media/PB230010_zps2ca36987.mp4.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v641/ChuckH/th_PB230010_zps2ca36987.jpg" border="0" alt=" video PB230010_zps2ca36987.mp4" style="width: 160px";></a>
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