Totally frustrated, corals dying

[TimGentry]

and the Turf scrubber would help me how??? as in getting rid of copper?

 

[pnavarro170]

Q: How is a scrubber different from a skimmer?
A: Scrubbers remove Inorganic Nitrate, Inorganic Phosphate, ammonia/ammonium, metals and CO2 from the water. (Inorganic Nitrate and Inorganic Phosphate are what cause nuisance algae to grow on your rocks and glass, and are what you measure with your test kits.) Skimmers remove organics (protein/food) from the water. Both scrubbers and skimmers, however, add oxygen to the water. Scrubbers add more though, and can supersaturate the water with oxygen, due to photosynthesis.

 

[puffin04]

I dont think comparing an ATS against protein skimmer is right. But ATS to Macro algae that we grow in the refuge then yes. IMO it is one of the other since they both with complete for nutrients and starve the other one out. I think they both work great though but i also believe a skimmer is mandatory unless you have a very small bio load and dont like feeding.

Steffen Sparks

 

[pnavarro170]

It wasn't comparing at all. It was showing the difference of what they do so we can get a better understanding. So your right but missed the point.

 

[TimGentry]

We'll I'll see how the cuprisorb works

 

[puffin04]

I would give it time now since you corrected the salinity and then start adding some stuff slowly.

Steffen Sparks

 

[zenom]

Just figured I would say hope the tank gets straightened out soon. I lived at W.S.M.R. for 4 years and I saw most of you were from Las Cruces and El Paso, which I obviously went to quite a bit.

Good luck!

 

[TimGentry]

Zenom,

Thanks

 

[TimGentry]

Got the Cuprisorb today and put in in one of my reactors. We'll see.