Triton and mechanical filtration

[2_zoa]

The gunk is mineralized & becomes ammonia,,, algae food. The gunk is also food for a host of other organisms including coral.
If you have an efficient inorganic nutrient filter method the gunk is not a concern.

So....which side do you stand on?

Filtration is good or bad?

 

[Scrubber_steve]

So....which side do you stand on?

Filtration is good or bad?

mechanicle filtration?
depends on the system you want to run, how much feeding going on etc

 

[2_zoa]

mechanicle filtration?
depends on the system you want to run, how much feeding going on etc

Yes mechanical filtration. This thread is about wether or not to use mechanical filters while running triton, despite tritons recommendations.

Your brief explanation of gunk getting mineralized and becoming algae food.
Then you state if a efficient inorganic (none living, mechanical filters?)are in place. Then the gunk is of no concern.
This seems to suggest that your a proponent of mechanical filters. Reguardless of system type.

Given this thread being about triton, do you yourself run triton? If so. Do you run mechanical filters in conjunction with triton?

 

[Scrubber_steve]

Yes mechanical filtration. This thread is about wether or not to use mechanical filters while running triton, despite tritons recommendations.

Your brief explanation of gunk getting mineralized and becoming algae food.
Then you state if a efficient inorganic (none living, mechanical filters?)are in place. Then the gunk is of no concern.
This seems to suggest that your a proponent of mechanical filters. Reguardless of system type.

Given this thread being about triton, do you yourself run triton? If so. Do you run mechanical filters in conjunction with triton?

The gunk is organic matter, particulate to dissolved. Coral & microbes & pods etc eat this. It will eventually become inorganic nitrogen, including NO3 - & be used for photosynthesis by algae. So if you grow algae, or use some other efficient form of inorganic nutrient control the gunk is not an issue.
I only use very course mechanical filtration & no skimmer.
Triton recommends not using mechanical, so why consider using it?

 

[2_zoa]

The gunk is organic matter, particulate to dissolved. Coral & microbes & pods etc eat this. It will eventually become inorganic nitrogen, including NO3 - & be used for photosynthesis by algae. So if you grow algae, or use some other efficient form of inorganic nutrient control the gunk is not an issue.
I only use very course mechanical filtration & no skimmer.
Triton recommends not using mechanical, so why consider using it?

Right.
I was reading your posts completely wrong. The way you stated the use of inorganic filters threw me off. I wasn't thinking an inorganic filter as in algae. It came across to me as mechanical.
Inorganic means non living, I consider algae to be a living filter.

I'm with you now.

 

[Scrubber_steve]

Right.
I was reading your posts completely wrong. The way you stated the use of inorganic filters threw me off.

Yeh, inorganic nutrient export/ filtration :beer: