d2mini
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Heck no. I mentioned above no more wood decks. No way. No sir.
ok, back to your regularly scheduled program... here's a few new coral shots.
Mostly new frags i picked up about a week or two ago.
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ok, back to your regularly scheduled program... here's a few new coral shots.
Mostly new frags i picked up about a week or two ago.
ClownsRCoo
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Lookin' good
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acer
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"Heck no. I mentioned above no more wood decks. No way. No sir"
Yep- that is why I did a poured concrete deck/patio on the same level as my back sliding door - 20 years ago and still looks great. Maintenance is a pressure wash every other year. Now a days you can get fancy and color it, pattern it , etc. Mine is just a plain old grey cement.
Frags look great.
Yep- that is why I did a poured concrete deck/patio on the same level as my back sliding door - 20 years ago and still looks great. Maintenance is a pressure wash every other year. Now a days you can get fancy and color it, pattern it , etc. Mine is just a plain old grey cement.
Frags look great.
DamonG
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Dennis,I hope you don't mind me posting this in your thread, but I created a new algea experiment.. Simple, but I'm sure you will get it.. I will keep you informed if you like.. Let me know if you would prefer pm, or if ids cool to put here.. I thought you'd be ok since were cheato geeks...
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I have a question about the triton method. Sine your macros have grown to capacity inside your sump, does this method become a nutrient removal or nutrient contain setup? How does this sustain in the long run? If the macro removes nutrients, but is never harvested, then what happens when it dies? I'm sure light is not making it deep inside the ball of algae, or even at the base.
d2mini
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This is all experimental for me since I'm brand new at it and this is my first run. But from what I understand, the algae should get itself into some kind of cycle where some of it dies off, whether it be from being choked out or a change in available nutrients from within the system. As the algae breaks down it feeds the tank with sugars and other nutrients, kind of like natural carbon and nitrate dosing. As that's happening there is room for the algae to continue to grow or other macros to step in and uptake the newer available nutrients.
Again, this is just a basic synopsis of what I've read in my research.
We'll see how it works out long term.
And I think that light is penetrating farther than you might think. But yeah it gets fairly to dark in there.
Even when the light is on, I can barely see anything through the front pane of acrylic now.
DamonG
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That makes sense as far as a natural die off and replenishing. If it dies, is it releasing any phosphates back to the system. I thought macro was used as an export system. Or does triton utilize other means of removal? Please do t take it as a kick on what you are doing. Just trying to understand the basis for this setup.
To me, once the fuge is full, then the removal portion is used up. I always thought that if it decayed, it would release back in the system.
To me, once the fuge is full, then the removal portion is used up. I always thought that if it decayed, it would release back in the system.
d2mini
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I dunno, I'll ask next time I see him! haha
It's not literally a solid block, it can be pushed around. I'll take another video. But yeah, not much room!
It's all good questions, most of which I'm still figuring out myself.
From what I understand it's just further broken down so it can be utilized by the coral and other organisms. I don't think it's as simple as filling up your skimmer cup and then dumping that skimmer cup back into the display tank. I think it's more like stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, haha. Know what I mean?
For export, a skimmer is still used and they do recommend some light GFO use. Part of the Triton Elements that are being dosed are feeding the macros. If that goes out of balance you can get algae in the display. I currently have a little GFO mixed in with my carbon.
d2mini
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Man Dennis, you do everything! That deck needed to go, living in Houston makes rotting xcelerate
haha, pretty aint they Holly?
I guess there would need be a second method of export. Seeing you will have little to no water change, and no harvesting algae, I will like to see what it does to your chemistry. Obviously it removing stuff now, but there has to be a cap somewhere.
BTY, I have copied you chaeto ball spin from your last build using a lifereef fuge. I also purchased that same light from your current system. From your pics, it looked like a lot of pink light spill over, but it's really not bad at all. I have had insane growth in one week on a new system. Maybe it was fueled by part one from TBS
d2mini
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Ya, Kevin told me to tell you wassup. :thumbsup: :lmao:
jonnybravo22
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Hi Dennis,
Any shots of where you go from outside the house to inside? Did you drill a hole through an exterior wall? I've seen the plumbing behind the baseboard and the outside plumbing of the mixing station, but where does it enter the house?
As you saw in my last thread, I'm planning out some outdoor - indoor work.
Any shots of where you go from outside the house to inside? Did you drill a hole through an exterior wall? I've seen the plumbing behind the baseboard and the outside plumbing of the mixing station, but where does it enter the house?
As you saw in my last thread, I'm planning out some outdoor - indoor work.
d2mini
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I don't yet, sorry.
But yes, it's just a hole drilled though the exterior wall.
I was lucky and there wasn't any brick there, just some wood (now Hardiplank) siding.
I installed an exterior cover plate that gives the hole some protection from the elements.
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