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Oh my gosh, I just spent the past 3 hours or so poring over this thread! I’m so glad I found it!
I have a 465 gal build arriving in September and before finding this info was planning on using Triton Method... Now after reading all this and with all the gorgeous images, DSR is DEF my number 1 choice for the new tank.
I do have an equipment question though, has anyone here used a DyMiCo filter alongside the DSR method? The low-power consumption and increased plankton/microfauna benefits that are touted by the DyMiCo system are very appealing, as at some point I would like to branch into NPS and want a less sterile tank with a more complete food web in place.
However, it seems that some aspects of DSR would conflict with DyMiCo? Specifically the fact that both DSR and DyMiCo filtering would be lowering Nitrate/Carbon-Dosing.
Regarding sustaining plankton/microfauna in the water column from the DSB in the DyMiCo, I was thinking about having the powerfilter and skimmer running only during daylight hours and turning them off when the lights go out and all the bugs come out to play and polyps open to feed on them.
Thoughts?
Glenn was one of the betatesters of the Dymico filter and was running it DSR. The only difference to normal DSR would be that you don't use a skimmer (unless you use it as aerator of the Dymico effluent in a second sump, which will be how I plan to run Dymico in the future) and may not need some of the DSR supplements (Dymico is also a CA reactor).