I think I might consider doing this.....
my rice experiment
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I think I might consider doing this.....
nope, the rice is whole and it is still hard like it was when I put it in......I will not turn to much unless its boiled
this is a new issue that I'm having......since I'm pulling off the algae, that means less nutrients are used up. also since the algae is dieing, it is causing a mini cycle (nothing noticable), and these two things combined and kept my tank hazy. The haze is alomst 90% gone and I presume within a day or two I should have crystal clear water.
this is NOT a cause for concern since I know that this problem is specific to my system cuz of the algae. For those of you who dont have alage growning like crazy, I think you will not experience a bacterial bloom for more than 2-3 days. right now my tank looks like I just dosed purple up. slightly hazy. but I can see from one end of the tank to the other, so not a real issue.
icycoral
I glue animals to rocks
Update
Update
Well it's been 5 days since I brought the rice reactor online and so far so good. All water parameters are the same not going to even bother writing it all out. My orp went up just a little more today it's now at 290mV. I read a link someone posted in my club forum on vodka doseng and am thinking about turning the ozone back on
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php
Have noticed just a little bit of algea on my glass but only very little and it has been two days since I cleaned it. I am starting to see subtle signs of stress in two corals my blasto m. and my green milli. The blasto looks like it is receding ever so slightly and the milli has poor pe. so tonight I added a little Kent "microvert". Everything else looks good and most are starting to brighten up a little. My green/yellow acro looks the best it ever has. I recently acquired a purple monster that started to turn a little green it's now starting to turn back to purple. My blue tenuis is getting brighter and my crayola planna is taking on some cool colors. My scolly looks ok maybe not as plump as usual but otherwise healthy. I have a nice frag of Miami hurricane that is starting to brighten up, it was I little brownish now the blue is starting to come out more. My rice is holding up I haven't opened up my reactor yet but it does not appear to be breaking up at all. KK reported in a post that his rice was as hard as when he put it in the reactor and that would have been 5 days ago. I am very impressed with the rice as a solid organic carbon source. After the bacterial bloom that lasted only a few days things are looking very nice.
Update
Well it's been 5 days since I brought the rice reactor online and so far so good. All water parameters are the same not going to even bother writing it all out. My orp went up just a little more today it's now at 290mV. I read a link someone posted in my club forum on vodka doseng and am thinking about turning the ozone back on
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-08/nftt/index.php
Have noticed just a little bit of algea on my glass but only very little and it has been two days since I cleaned it. I am starting to see subtle signs of stress in two corals my blasto m. and my green milli. The blasto looks like it is receding ever so slightly and the milli has poor pe. so tonight I added a little Kent "microvert". Everything else looks good and most are starting to brighten up a little. My green/yellow acro looks the best it ever has. I recently acquired a purple monster that started to turn a little green it's now starting to turn back to purple. My blue tenuis is getting brighter and my crayola planna is taking on some cool colors. My scolly looks ok maybe not as plump as usual but otherwise healthy. I have a nice frag of Miami hurricane that is starting to brighten up, it was I little brownish now the blue is starting to come out more. My rice is holding up I haven't opened up my reactor yet but it does not appear to be breaking up at all. KK reported in a post that his rice was as hard as when he put it in the reactor and that would have been 5 days ago. I am very impressed with the rice as a solid organic carbon source. After the bacterial bloom that lasted only a few days things are looking very nice.
Day 6 update
1.It appears that the corals have gotten used to the reduced nutrients and are starting to show normal PE again.
2.all algae is slowly dieing.
3.cyno on the sandben has turned from red to brown and now looks like detritius and needs to be cleaned from the sandbed.
3.skimmer is still skimming a lot, not as much as before but starting to get more dry.
4.all parameters are normal.
5.water is still a little hazy, but I expect it to last a little longer as I clean my tank everyday leading to more die off of algae and a mini-bloom again till the entire tank it cleaned out.
1.It appears that the corals have gotten used to the reduced nutrients and are starting to show normal PE again.
2.all algae is slowly dieing.
3.cyno on the sandben has turned from red to brown and now looks like detritius and needs to be cleaned from the sandbed.
3.skimmer is still skimming a lot, not as much as before but starting to get more dry.
4.all parameters are normal.
5.water is still a little hazy, but I expect it to last a little longer as I clean my tank everyday leading to more die off of algae and a mini-bloom again till the entire tank it cleaned out.
mylifeismyown66
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real cool thread. Have been thinking about dosing vodka, but if this works out it may be a much easier method.
quick update
everything seems good and all levels are good as well. I guess the rice doesnt alter any other aspects of reef chemistry other than no3 and po4 levels.
icycoral, I really dont have access to a copper test kit, and they dont have decent ones in stores here either, and by the time I order a kit and get it, it will be over a month. is it possible for you to put a 1/4 cup of rice in a water bottle and leave it for 2 days or so and test it for copper leach-out? using salt water would be better than RO water.
everything seems good and all levels are good as well. I guess the rice doesnt alter any other aspects of reef chemistry other than no3 and po4 levels.
icycoral, I really dont have access to a copper test kit, and they dont have decent ones in stores here either, and by the time I order a kit and get it, it will be over a month. is it possible for you to put a 1/4 cup of rice in a water bottle and leave it for 2 days or so and test it for copper leach-out? using salt water would be better than RO water.
icycoral
I glue animals to rocks
Will get a copper test kit this week, if not by the end of this weekend. can you soak some rice and test for silica.
Not running gfo. Last weekend I was supposed to refill my reactor but I decided to try the rice instead. So far I haven't seen any draw backs only benefits. Rice is a lot cheaper than gfo.
icycoral
I glue animals to rocks
Update
Update
Day 6
Did my weekly water change today. I ended up swapping out a little extra water, instead of my normal 5 gallons I did a 10 gal water change. My orp shot up to 310mV. All my corals are looking fine even my lps and softies look great. The rice is still holding up and doesn't seem to have broken up anymore than since I first noticed a few small pieces a couple days ago. Still getting a tiny bit of algae growing on my glass but it's much less than before the experiment using rice.
Update
Day 6
Did my weekly water change today. I ended up swapping out a little extra water, instead of my normal 5 gallons I did a 10 gal water change. My orp shot up to 310mV. All my corals are looking fine even my lps and softies look great. The rice is still holding up and doesn't seem to have broken up anymore than since I first noticed a few small pieces a couple days ago. Still getting a tiny bit of algae growing on my glass but it's much less than before the experiment using rice.
nope, no gfo
i completely forgot about that one......will soak the rice today and post results tomorrow.
I run rice in a reactor and since I dont have a second reactor for carbon, I just use it in a meshbag in the sump.
if u have a reactor for it, even better
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