Mike de Leon
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It's in a canister so I have to have water run thru it fed from my return...
Matrix (and siporax) questions, to keep from derailing Sahin's thread.....
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It's in a canister so I have to have water run thru it fed from my return...
My ozone reactor sprung a leak from high pressure patches it up and turned it into a siporax reactor.
4 plus litter and 6 liters in sump
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What reactor is this? I need one that can hold this amount. I currently have one liter in the sump and have a second dry.
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Mike de Leon
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I don't think it's fair to give advice without showing the results you've gotten yourself....so here are pictures of my system. The center portion of my sump is filled with 2 liters of matrix, siporax and live rock. The water has to go through this section to get to the return pump.
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Would you say this is a result of running Siporax?
It's time to report now on wether this is making a difference for everyone???
SkullV
They Got My Number
I can say that with 1L of Matrix in my 40br I still had relatively high nitrates (25ish). I have added a second 1L of Matrix but don't expect any quick results. I will note that my coral color is still excellent so I'm not terribly worried about it.
Pife
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I have 23 liters of matrix running passively in bags in my sump. I will be adding 10L of spiroax amen it arrives from Germany. My nitrates were over 100 but the matrix seems to have started working as I am skimming a ton more lately and nitrates are dropping. In full disclosure I have started a sulfur denitatrator up. I have not been able to get it dialed in quite yet though.
Myka
Reefing since '93
That's weird. I ordered from this guy too (last October I think it was) and mine came shipped in 1L plastic bags with all the Sera labeling. When I Google Search though I see it in little boxes, and can't find the bags mine came in. I don't doubt that the stuff I have is Sera branded Siporax.
Yes I think it's a direct result of running Siporax, matrix and live rock. I've never used GFO or Carbon and no filter socks. Just a skimmer and media for bacteria. I do dose a little Tropic Marin NP Bacto-Balance to fine tune nutrients to where I like them.
Mike de Leon
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Nice colours and lots of growth!
Reefvet
New member
No, it's not.
A skimmer is an essential tool for a successful reef tank, IMO. It does more to balance a tank than anything else can.
Siporax if used correctly is an extremely efficient host for denitrifying bacteria, 30+ times more efficient than live rock.
A skimmer provides pH support through gas exchange, removes dissolved organics from the tank and reduces nitrate/phosphates that would have resulted from those organics had they been allowed to completely break down in the tank.
What if we use an area as a decanter to trap the organic stuff ? Using as much Siporax as the sump can house, the accumulating organic stuff which will breakdown can be removed via bacteria consumption which exist in the siporax. The decanter area could be the refugium, which is located in the 1st compartment of the sump design. Occasionally, as the organic volume start to rise, it can be remove via a water change or filtered out manually.
Pife
Active member
I started moving my 23l of matrix around last night. I found it to have accumulated a massive amount of detritus and am in the process of cleaning it and changing where it is in my system. I am going to allow it to run passively in the center chamber. I also have a 10l of siporax waiting for me at the post office.
I have five Liters of Matrix in my sump. It is placed passive in a media basket in a moderate flow area. I have had it in place for about 11 weeks now. My nitrates have been running high [25] but I have thought it was because of feeding the tank so heavily. I still feed the fish heavy but have lightened up on the coral food this week.
Last week I began stirring the matrix with my hand daily when I get back home. There was quite a bit of detritus the fist time I did this. The display tank would lightly cloud up a bit prompting a feeding response from many types of coral in the tank.
Last weekend my nitrates were down to 5-10. Don't know if that is from less coral food or stirring up the detritus.
Each day now there is less and less detritus and clouding when I mix the Matrix. The LPS still extend their polyps and the little tube worms let out their filaments. The SPS do not respond much now as before.
But color and growth still continue to be very good and I am happy with the direction of the tank. This weekend I will test nitrates again and see if there was a continued reduction down to the 5 range.
Last week I began stirring the matrix with my hand daily when I get back home. There was quite a bit of detritus the fist time I did this. The display tank would lightly cloud up a bit prompting a feeding response from many types of coral in the tank.
Last weekend my nitrates were down to 5-10. Don't know if that is from less coral food or stirring up the detritus.
Each day now there is less and less detritus and clouding when I mix the Matrix. The LPS still extend their polyps and the little tube worms let out their filaments. The SPS do not respond much now as before.
But color and growth still continue to be very good and I am happy with the direction of the tank. This weekend I will test nitrates again and see if there was a continued reduction down to the 5 range.
