October 18th** Meeting - Richard Ross BACK ON.

[TigeBell]

That meeting last night was very informative. I will definitely be following up with this to see what he has to offer. It is also interesting to see his tank thriving with that much phosphate also. Is anyone else thinking about letting their phosphates go?

And we think the Treasurer left her stuff behind last night. We will bring it to the next meeting unless she needs it now.

 

[palygirl]

That meeting last night was very informative. I will definitely be following up with this to see what he has to offer. It is also interesting to see his tank thriving with that much phosphate also. Is anyone else thinking about letting their phosphates go?

And we think the Treasurer left her stuff behind last night. We will bring it to the next meeting unless she needs it now.

Sent you a pm...

 

[psykobowler]

That meeting last night was very informative. I will definitely be following up with this to see what he has to offer. It is also interesting to see his tank thriving with that much phosphate also. Is anyone else thinking about letting their phosphates go?

Don't let your phosphate go. It's really only about keeping it at bay. The thing is most people think that a tank has to have both low phosphate and nitrates 24/7 as "traditionally" advised by people in the forum. This is more applicable to tanks with minimal corals or frags to keep undesirable algae at bay. Some people really do not have a blue thumb and never get their frags to grow huge colonies. What people do not realize is that as those frags become colonies, the coral demand or consume more nitrates and consume some phosphate. At some point, carbon dosing of any kind is counter productive because it deprives the colonies of coral with what they need. Carbon dosing is a good cleanup tool too but long term it just stunts coral growth. Phosphate just need to be kept at bay. It is true what the speaker said. With colonies of corals in the tank, the dirty water isn't an issue and adding more bicarbonate and calcium allows more coral growth. Corals are filtering animals. The beautiful packed and colorful reef tank I know have high nitrates and manageable phosphate.

 

[bfliflet]

The nutrient battle likely stems from our desire to pack in fish beyond natural densities before our natural filtering capacity including corals, sponges, clams, etc grow to meet nutrient production. Our ancillary filters (skimmers, carbon, gfo, DSB, ATS, etc) are intended to bridge the gap between the natural filtering capacity and waste production. This is why some mature systems can take filters offline and still be successful. As with anything, too much of a "good" thing can be bad and a small amount of a "bad" thing can be beneficial and even necessary. Btw,when is the video going to be posted?

 

[Saltwaternooby]

I was out of town yesterday and today, give me a day or 2. It will be on the mars site, and only to those who ask Jeff via PM. I will let you know when.

 

[Saltwaternooby]

Richard Ross Presentation on Video is on the MARS homepage http://marineaquarist.org/

You must be a current MARS member to view "“ This restriction is part of our agreement with Mr Ross.

PM jeff or myself on the MARS site so we can verify your membership is valid.