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Have heard of this method via online forums, but never investigated. Will have to read up further on it and see what initial startup costs would be to switch to Triton method. On a scale of 1-10 I'm curious how many reefers are using this method, for how long and what overall success has been? Any cons to this method?
Thanks for the info! Very helpful. Yes, will continue to read up on it and see if it's something that works for me.I use Triton. I have been using it since August last year. I have a controller on my tank. It's not my first reef.
I think every method has pros and cons.
To highlight some pros:
No water changes
Stable parameters (provided you test your water often.)
High success coral/fish/tank wise from the start.
Cons
-Highish Start price - Buy yourself a good reliable dosing machine(can be pricey, but needs to be accurate)
-A Triton styled sump is highly recommendable, means it needs to be a little larger or custom
-test alkalinity ALOT. I test alkalinity every 2-3 days, for some people that's not possible, or just too annoying, but keeps me in tune with my reef, and tells me how I need to adjust my dosing.
All in all I have had a positive experience, I enjoy the ease and paint by numbers style to reefing and parameters. It has taken a lot of the unknown and frustration out of keeping my reef tank.
I can agree that I spend more time enjoying my reef, than being irritated with it like my last one.
Triton is not perfect. No system is. The ocean is.
Do lots of research, and find something that matches your reefing style and budget.
Thank you for posting this!
On page four it says some of the algae should be allowed to die-back to release beneficial chemicals into the tank. On page eleven in the maintenance section it says to prune algae to prevent excess die-back. This all makes sense, yet I thought I read threads on this forum where users talked how they didn't trim their macro algae because that's the triton way. Either I misunderstood or it was misstated, while you don't trim the macro for nutrient export, you you do trim your macro algae so that only a little (some amount based off experience) is actually decomposing. Correct? You are trimming some amount of that cheato ball and throwing it away.
Thank you for posting this..
I have been using Triton core 7 reef supplement 2 months ago and maintaining Kh at 8 dkh. However in the guide it is recommended to maintain Kh at 7 dkh while using core 7 base element!
is this recommended for core 7 reef supplement also?
Thanks
The difference is the elements required to "turbo charge" the algae refugium as used in the Triton Method are reduced for those not able to have a large refugium. Using the Triton Method version could result in elements accumulating as they are not being taken up quick enough or worse be available for pest algae.Thanks!
I can't see the difference between them anywhere online, it's just saying "other methods" but what is the main difference please between them, why they're different products?
Also why using the "other methods" line chaeto reactor can handle also different type of algae it's just a "small" closed refugium we can say, no?
I can't see the difference between them anywhere online, it's just saying "other methods" but what is the main difference please between them, why they're different products?
Haha cheers Michael, we will be releasing more manuals very soon to cover these subjectsTriton this is covered in a dozen threads on R2R recently and I've personally answered it like 3 times in the past two weeks. Tim, I can't imagine you like answering the same question a couple times of a day
Maybe a sticky or FAQ at the top of the forum and you probably should update your manual to make it clearer
Triton this is covered in a dozen threads on R2R recently and I've personally answered it like 3 times in the past two weeks. Tim, I can't imagine you like answering the same question a couple times of a day
Maybe a sticky or FAQ at the top of the forum and you probably should update your manual to make it clearer
The difference is the elements required to "turbo charge" the algae refugium as used in the Triton Method are reduced for those not able to have a large refugium. Using the Triton Method version could result in elements accumulating as they are not being taken up quick enough or worse be available for pest algae.