Triton method

[ggdowski]

Hi Gary... Always a new "trend".

The only thing I can say is -- where is it supposed to go if you don't have a filter sock. I also think with a 10x flow rate --- the implication is get it out of the DT and get it out fast. Clearly that is where it is going to end up. A plausible explanation might be that filter socks don't naturally occur in the ocean. We assume that currents pull detritus away from the reef. The assumption by triton is that the refugium is the best place for this to happen. When my tank gets dirty (god forbid ;-) ), one thing for sure happens. I get algae and cyano outbreaks. In a filter sock with a 10x rate, detritus will be eventually broken down into a dissolvable nutrient because of the washing machine effect going on in there (unless you want a living sock). One way or another -- it will make it to the refugium.

My only thought on the filter sock was to use it to make sure algae doesn't float downstream back into the DT. Interestingly, I haven't had that problem. That said, I am still working to get a 10x flow rate.

I have yet to hear a plausible explanation.

Check out the "newest trend" (LOL!) Chaeto reactors.
Nobody is recommending you pump detritus into these things.
Socks do not limit dissolved nutrients required by macroalgae- they catch chunks of detritus.

 

[gandolf8]

SPS anyone selling

SPS anyone selling

looking for frags sps anyone selling

 

[ReefKeeper64]

What’s the latest on triton here?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

What's the latest on triton here?

:lolspin:

The time has come to take register and send in my first water sample.
How do you like your ARID?

 

[ReefKeeper64]

:lolspin:

The time has come to take register and send in my first water sample.
How do you like your ARID?

Hey Gary, Before The ARID I wasn't using GFO but did carbon dose. I also had and still have a refugium. PO4 was occasionally down to 0.08 or so but if I fed the fish and corals more than once a day, PO4 would quickly elevate up to 0.25 or so for a time. With the ARID added to the mix, I don't worry about PO4 anymore and feed the fish 3 or 4 times a day. When I test using hannah ULR, I get PO4 results of 0.01 - 0.03 every time. I don't think it had to work all that had to pull phosphates down and keep them down in my case but it's working as advertised. I am dosing 1ml of KENT iron and manganese daily to keep the cheato growing fast.

 

[ReefKeeper64]

Curious how your water sample test will come back. Keep us posted!

 

[ggdowski]

I have to say that I didn't even know what ARID was. I did some reading on it. Interesting technology and concept. I was surprised at how much these cost. It looks like LEDs mounted around a pipe used as a heat sink within the center of a reactor. Am I missing something or is that more or less what it is?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

ARID = Pricey chaeto reactor. There are several different brands commercially available plus DIY is an option.
I believe there's a patent on the ARID design.

 

[ggdowski]

Gary -- I have a five gallon bucket of kalkwasser powder that I purchased from BRS. I would be happy to trade for some coral frags, as I don't think I will ever use it.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

I have a 5 gallon bucket of that already

I have a 5 gallon bucket of that already

Although I always use kalkwasser for topoff- one 5 gal bucket lasts a LONG time!
(Like years!)

At this point in time my main focus is getting the new system up and running in between normal everyday life. When it comes time to move corals THAT will be the time to work out a trade for kalk.

 

[ggdowski]

Understood... I'm in the same boat. Not sure why I bought so much. I think I have had it a few years. I've hardly touched it and it would be best in the hands of someone that uses it. There is no hurry. I'd even be happy to split it up amongst the old guard --- ie the upstaters that follow reef central --- as opposed to faceless book.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

you should be using that kalk, Greg!

you should be using that kalk, Greg!

:lolspin::lolspin::lolspin:

 

[ggdowski]

Are you using it in addition to triton supplements? Perhaps I should be thinking about it. ... Another thing to mix and mix and mix.

My main concern is maintaining a constant solution. I at least think the triton mixtures stay somewhat evenly mixed... but I often even wonder about that.

 

[ggdowski]

You may have convinced me to rethink that.

 

[ggdowski]

Gary -- I thought the triton dosing was supposed to replace Kalk. Are you using the standard mixtures or are you adjusting them to supplement with Kalk?