Live rock curing system
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Jens Kallmeyer
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Hi uwiik
Yes it does. There are now a few German importers and LFS that use this method, and all I can tell you is that their LR is superior to everything else. The rocks are absolutely clean with regard to nasty critters and decaying organic matter as it it all flushed out during curing, the overgrowth of corals, macro algae etc. is as good as it can get. The rocks sit on Egg crate, they never get in touch with the water at the bottom, so all flushed out critters cannot crawl back into the rocks. From the sump, the water goes through a mechanical filter first to remove the particles, then it is pumped through a large skimmer and a phosphate adsorber before going back onto the rocks.
Here you can find a report about the curation of LR in a trickle system. The report is in German, but the pictures should give you a good impression of the system. The water of the systems is changed completely every two days with water from the reef tanks. Curation takes one week before the rocks are available for retail.
Best wishes
Jens
Yes it does. There are now a few German importers and LFS that use this method, and all I can tell you is that their LR is superior to everything else. The rocks are absolutely clean with regard to nasty critters and decaying organic matter as it it all flushed out during curing, the overgrowth of corals, macro algae etc. is as good as it can get. The rocks sit on Egg crate, they never get in touch with the water at the bottom, so all flushed out critters cannot crawl back into the rocks. From the sump, the water goes through a mechanical filter first to remove the particles, then it is pumped through a large skimmer and a phosphate adsorber before going back onto the rocks.
Here you can find a report about the curation of LR in a trickle system. The report is in German, but the pictures should give you a good impression of the system. The water of the systems is changed completely every two days with water from the reef tanks. Curation takes one week before the rocks are available for retail.
Best wishes
Jens
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sunkool
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Jens Kallmeyer
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Hi uwiik
I just saw where you are located and what you are actually doing for a living. If you could install a trickle system in your facility, you may have a huge advantage over your competitors. Last week I talked to an importer here in Germany and he told me that basically all live rock that he receives contains aiptasias. Apparently the holding systems at the exporters are so massively infested with them that they colonize every rock that enters their system. The general quality of the rocks did not change, but the number of unwanted guests is increasing dramatically. A trickle system could help a lot.
Please keep us posted
Jens
I just saw where you are located and what you are actually doing for a living. If you could install a trickle system in your facility, you may have a huge advantage over your competitors. Last week I talked to an importer here in Germany and he told me that basically all live rock that he receives contains aiptasias. Apparently the holding systems at the exporters are so massively infested with them that they colonize every rock that enters their system. The general quality of the rocks did not change, but the number of unwanted guests is increasing dramatically. A trickle system could help a lot.
Please keep us posted
Jens
uwiik
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Yes, I just took over the management of a dying CITES company, and right now I am building an entirely new holding facility that aimed to maintain best water quality possible. I run separate systems for incoming new corals, long term holding and growing system (LPS and softie separated), stagging/grading system for to be exported corals, serious live rock curing system and a dedicated laboratorium for studying corals and invertebrates inland reproduction. Hey I might start a new thread altogether....
Here a few pictures...
Here a few pictures...
uwiik
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Here is my new DIY experiment. DIY reeflo hammerhead meshwheel skimmer, top picture is 1 hour after installation, bottom picture is after 15 hours. Water had been previously skimmed with quad injector beckett. So far I would say that beckett pulls out more skimmate, meshwheel pulls out less skimmate but it pulls what beckett cannot pull. The meshwheel skimmer is brand new, so it is still being broken in.
