J_Geisinger000
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I heard dosing sugar could brown out your sps
and unfortunately, there will never be. Condoms work but many of us have children b/c....well, you get the point! :rollface:<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8605633#post8605633 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by percula99
There seems to be no real clear cut result using the RDSB. It works for some, and not for others....
Unfortunately, with where I live right now and whats available to me my makeup water consistently has 5ppm of nitrates in it.
Yes, I can get an RO unit and I may do that but I will be moving soon and didn't want to purchase an RO/DI unit until I moved. Particularly because Im very limited in space and just didn't want to spend the money yet.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8607225#post8607225 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by percula99
bguile, if you are having trouble with your make up water have you tried using an RO unit? I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "where I live right now and whats available". Aren't you not just outside Baltimore? There must be places there where you can get an RO unit. Or is there another problem?
Yes, I can get an RO unit and I may do that but I will be moving soon and didn't want to purchase an RO/DI unit until I moved. Particularly because Im very limited in space and just didn't want to spend the money yet.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8607225#post8607225 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by percula99
bguile, if you are having trouble with your make up water have you tried using an RO unit? I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "where I live right now and whats available". Aren't you not just outside Baltimore? There must be places there where you can get an RO unit. Or is there another problem?
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8610517#post8610517 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Malifluous
I think the reason why the RDSB seems like rolling the dice is beacause nobody indicates if they are using live sand or dry sand to start the RDSB. Dry sand from Home depot is going tot ake some time to be beneficial. The quallity of he live sand people are using can also vary. IME, RDSB started with fresh, live sand will alwayd reduce trates.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8610709#post8610709 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DgenR8
I gotta disagree. If you add all live sand (let's forget about the stuff in a bag, to me, "live sand" comes from an established tank) to an empty bucket, you not only kill off the aerobic bacteria that winds up at the bottom of the bucket (no oxygen), you are not adding any anaerobic bacteria (the bacteria that consume nitrate).
I have no direct DSB in a bucket experience, so I'm only drawing conclusions, but I believe I'm correct.