FarmerTy 215-gal No Water Change SPS Tank

Ucantwin said:
Have you considered dosing iodine to maybe see if it brings out more color?
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Never! Actually, when I moved, the tank got an injection of new water as makeup water so I'm sure there are trace amounts of iodine in the ester column again. Corals look about the same but that is a poor test of it. I never bothered before because my corals never had an issue looking nicely colored plus I don't trust the accuracy of Triton. It seems to have precision but I often doubt its accuracy and will not dose according to its results.
 
Bpb said:
Serious question also regarding those tests. Forgive me if it's a stupid one.

Do we know what form of these elements the test is registering. Surely the test cannot just pick up every instance the element boron is present for example. Which molecules are essential and which aren't. Which are toxic. Trace elements aren't just present in their own elemental or ionic form. They're usually in the form of molecular compounds right? I guess I just don't understand how accurate or reliable those tests are because like you said. We don't even know how or in what capacity these trace elements are utilized, nor do we really understand how the test is actually performed


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For those answers, you'd need a chemist familiar with ICP. I'm only a lowly ex-environmrental scientist who makes more money in real estate. From what I understand of the process, ICP breaks down all compounds into elemental form and gives you that value. So if you had Potassium chloride and potassium nitrate in the system, it would read you the total potassium in your system including potassium from both compounds I mentioned. That's why I personally only use it as a annual trend assessment tool. I don't really care what the concentration of it, I just want to know when my tank was rocking, it read 400 ppm of potassium. The number could really be 350 ppm or 600 ppm, but if I read about 400 ppm every year, I'm happy.
 
FarmerTy said:
Hi Mike,

It would be an over reaching statement for me to say the CaRX takes care of all of my trace elements but what I will say is that I think it's critical to my no water changes method. I don't think I would have the same results with 2-part. I've been able to run 3 years with two different tanks each and not have issues up to that point.

Beyond that I can't say. I run Triton tests annually to monitor trends but at the end of the day, besides a few known trace elements that are vital, do any of us really know the role of the majority of the trace elements from a coral husbandry perspective? I made it a point to just watch the numbers and not try to dose any that seem ridiculously low just to see if it would affect anything. For instance, my iodine level was not even registering. I still didn't dose for it... Any issues in the tank? Not that I could see.

I made it a point that if I did see issues in the tank at any time that I would do several large scale water changes to hopefully reset the levels of trace elements in the water. I haven't needed to do that yet up to 3 years in both tanks run with this method.

To answer your question, I use TLF Reborn media currently but also used CaribSea media for a number of years as well.
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Thanks for the response TY. I'm in the boat that if nutrients are controlled, I don't see a need for water changes unless you want to take care of trace. That's why I also asked if you think the carx is taking care of some of the trace for you especially using reborn media. I don't have a carx setup yet but I am setting one up soon. Dosing a 360 gallon tank is just not feasible. So I'm just doing 1 gallon a day awc. Either way, thank you again for the reply and sharing your awesome tank.
 
mike810 said:
Thanks for the response TY. I'm in the boat that if nutrients are controlled, I don't see a need for water changes unless you want to take care of trace. That's why I also asked if you think the carx is taking care of some of the trace for you especially using reborn media. I don't have a carx setup yet but I am setting one up soon. Dosing a 360 gallon tank is just not feasible. So I'm just doing 1 gallon a day awc. Either way, thank you again for the reply and sharing your awesome tank.
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No problem at all! Glad I could help! I'm a big fan of my MTC Procal CaRX. Works like a champion... And I've been through 4 different CaRXs.
 
FarmerTy is back! [emoji14]

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Vivid Aquariums Confetti (still coloring up)
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AquaSD Rainbow Mille (those green polyps are covering up a bright reddish-orange color)
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reefmutt said:
Looking good!
That's some serious stock ya got there.
Which leds are over the frag system?
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Thanks! The larger colonies are still needing to go into the DT so it may look more stocked than it really is. I like to pad my frag tank to look cool. [emoji41]

I have the Ocean Revives over it from my previous light setup. I'm now running an ATI fixture over the DT.
 
Game of Clue... If you guessed the below, then you won: :(

Mr. Blonde Naso murdered the regal angel in the QT tub with a scalpel.

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How depressing this morning to find this. Literally cut one on his side by his guts and another close to his anal fin. Its impossible to find a regal eating so it just makes it that much worse.
 
Pife said:
That's crummy. I'm still trying to get my regal to have a bigger appetite. Any tips?
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Luck of the draw. One I had ate pellets only for a year and then added nori. This one wouldn't touch pellets but would devour mysis. Three I had before wouldn't eat a thing and died. The little regal I have will eat anything.
 
FarmerTy said:
Luck of the draw. One I had ate pellets only for a year and then added nori. This one wouldn't touch pellets but would devour mysis. Three I had before wouldn't eat a thing and died. The little regal I have will eat anything.
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Thanks.

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FarmerTy said:
Luck of the draw. One I had ate pellets only for a year and then added nori. This one wouldn't touch pellets but would devour mysis. Three I had before wouldn't eat a thing and died. The little regal I have will eat anything.
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