I tried it. I adhered very closely to Adey's full blown concept....not the watered down version you've been reading about in this thread.
I dare say, Adey would puke at some of the claims made in this thread. My system was described a few pages ago. Here (
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=13316830#post13316830). If you go back to page 12 and read forward, it's actually been brought up a handful of times. Check out how SM responded to my experiences. :eek2:
Inland Aqua - Glad you chimed back in! You run both carbon and skimmers? Did you install carbon and skimmers when you initially set up your turf systems or were they add ons due to your observationss and experience? Can you tell us about your lighting systems over the turf? I'm sure you guys are pounding the crap out of your turf, right? No CF bulbs I would assume, all MH?
On the topic of running carbon - one of the users a few pages ago said he's been running a turf for many years without any yellowing. He also said he was not running carbon. It appears that was not the case. I could post the PM but would rather not. Maybe he would like to chime back in as well? If you're lurking, I would like to know more about how your carbon was applied and I'm sure others would too.
mxett - I get your point. Out of the box thinking is great. There is a difference between out of the box and just doing weak research though. It's even worse if you're simply tuning out relevant information and not using it to revise your approach. If you want to try a system like this then do so. I don't recall anyone saying not to try it if you wanted to. I recall people weighing in heavily opposed to the idea, but did they say don't do it? Maybe they did but I dunno. If you do it I would suggest that you add it to whatever filtration methods you already employ and not sell your skimmer, throw out your carbon, and trash your GFO. With all of the time, interest, effort, money, and love that you pour into this hobby, why would you ignore the collective advice of so many and switch to SM's approach? He has two years of experience (not that years of experience really means anything but that discussion is a different thread all together) and he claimed ultra success after using the turf approach for one (count that, ONE) month. IMO, you can't claim success in this hobby unless your success has been maintained for at least a year. Even then though, it's worth knocking on wood just for uttering such a phrase.
I've already posted a link to the TOTM archives twice. IIRC, not one of those tanks run turf scrubbing. In fact, I can't think of a TOTM on any site that runs turf. So why?