FarmerTy 215-gal No Water Change SPS Tank
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Thanks acesq! Yeah, I'm looking at 16 bulbs yearly if I go full T5. Ouch! I could almost buy 2 OR fixtures a year at that price!
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codydemmel4
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do you run a uv steralizer?
if so, why do you run one in a mostly SPS tank?
if so, why do you run one in a mostly SPS tank?
Hey Cody,
I run one 24/7 for purposes of maintaining lower ich population levels. I think of it as my backup if there ever is an ich outbreak since I run a higher population of fish then most.
Me personally, I don't run one for any direct benefit to the corals, just concerned with water-borne parasites.
Several people are going to find some awesome gifts under their Tree in Houston! [emoji6]
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Usernam Invalid
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All the frag racks are hung from the glass with care in hopes that FarmerTy would soon be there.
Oh man, that's awesome! So creative!
Amazing tank......With no water changes!!!!!!
Glenn also has a mature and very beautiful reef but he is testing , many elements except the basic ones...... Did you ever made a Triton test? What about iodine, zinc, Mn, cu ,Fe and other minor and trace elements, that aren't existing in carx material? Don't you dose any of them?
Yes, I've read about the Dutch Synthetic Method that Glenn created. It is a wonderful tank and a wonderful system he runs.
I don't feel the need to test all of those additional elements and keep them in line mainly because I haven't needed to. At this point, unless I notice issues in the tank, I won't plan on doing anything about any deficiencies in the water. I only know of deficiencies via my annual Triton test but I don't take the results as true values, more ball park from the Triton test. But a zero value is easy to interpret. [emoji4]
I don't feel the need to test all of those additional elements and keep them in line mainly because I haven't needed to. At this point, unless I notice issues in the tank, I won't plan on doing anything about any deficiencies in the water. I only know of deficiencies via my annual Triton test but I don't take the results as true values, more ball park from the Triton test. But a zero value is easy to interpret. [emoji4]
reefmutt
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Ty, your tank really is amazing. Gets better and better.
It's interesting that you feed so much dry pelleted food. Most dry foods on the market contain one of or all of the following Zn, Mn, Fe, Cu, as preservatives.
I've never used dry foods but I am considering adding pellets to my feeding regime for this reason..
Ty, which biopellets do you use and how much? In what type of reactor and how often are you replacing or replenishing them? Sorry if I asked this exact question in the past..
Your methods certainly are producing amazing results.
What media do you use in your carx and you have such high K? Any idea of the source of Li?
Matt if I combine the amazing results of Ty , with just carx and no water changes, bigE , with basic two part and 10% only weekly water change, which is small enough proportion to maintain stable value for element that is readily consumed, GlennF with no water changes and no trace adding and monitoring and Farm ,which add trace in huge amounts to see results in colours, commenting that the usually small trace additions we make, are not doing anything, since they are became rapidly inactive in usual nutrient concentrations, in our reef tanks.........what conclusion I make is, that adding Zn, mn, fe, cu, I, etc is just snake oil!?[emoji32]
I just re-read all and let me ask you if you don't have algae issues? Or cyano? Long time ago I saw some red algae spots , not sure if was cyano, but at zero values you don't have problems. ( I have it that the reason of my question).
Do you add bacteria?
Thanks, great tank
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Thanks, great tank
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