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A skimmer will stop the organics from causing nitrate from happening, but it will not remove nitrates. Once the nitrate is there you have to find a way to remove it. With the carbon dosing it will grow bacteria that bind with nitrate and are then skimmed out. Many people have suggested this to you because it would be very effective. Why do 50% water changes all the time when it can be more effective to carbon dose? It would be way cheaper to buy a gallon jug of vinegar for $3 instead of buying $20 bags of salt.
This goes for bigger tanks! And why in the world would you want to dose a tank that's cycling?
Because he has no efficient way for nutrient export. Carbon dosing can be utilized for any size tank.
Lol you guys are confusing me
Sorry for the confusion!!! You don't need more than LR, flow and water changes for the size tank you have! Anyone else that says you do they don't know how to take care of a saltwater tank!!!!
Current full tank shot of my 29. You can go ahead and base your opinion on that!
Looks very nice, but yes you don't need anything else but a water change every 2-4weeks to keep up with the essentials, no one said every week! And again why dose a cycling tank? Never answered that?
Yes I answered that question. He has no way of effectively finishing the nitrificaction process where nitrate turns into nitrogen and oxygen. his tank obviously does not have the ability because he has changed probably 40 gallons of water and the nitrate is still around 100ppm. In my opinion the nutrients have been broken down as far as this setup will take it. What's going to happen when it's stocked with fish and cuc that skip the first part of the nitrificaction process and produce ammonia? The skimmer will not remove that and it will turn into nitrate once again. I'm trying to help this young hobbyist with a method that will be very effective at removing nitrate. With only live rock, a little crushed coral (that will hold detritus and cause issues itself), and a hob skimmer it will be necessary to implement some sort of nitrate removal. Sure, water changes can do it, lots and lots of them. With the investment and time put into doing these water changes it would be much easier to start carbon dosing instead. Not only will it remove the nitrate but it will also produce food for corals and other filter feeding organisms. He has all the equipment to carbon dose so why not take advantage of that and make life easier?
Your last couple of sentences (Not only will it remove the nitrate but it will also produce food for corals and other filter feeding organisms) don't make sense? Filter feeders feed off just that, nitrates?
Wow lol you guys