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I probably have some 40 year old detritus in my tank. I use a reverse UG filter. OK, you laughed enough. I do stir or make a typhoon in my tank yearly but not because I want to remove all the detritus. It's because after a while my UG filter will clog. I don't feel detritus does anything else and actually think it is beneficial. Bacteria, pods, worms and Godzilla Larvae need someplace to grow and eat. Detritus captures particles that those things eat.
New, Clean tanks are never healthy, guess what one of the reasons are?
we're all detritus capturers until something makes us change. either nitrate readings, or the countless posts online of nitrate problems that were mitigated by going bare bottom, or by stirring as prevention, or by rip cleaning the whole bed as I do. some opt of of sandbedding through careful planning and research.
nearly every GHA challenge tank has a sandbed that would cloud if disturbed for example. likely that some form of mechanical filtration uptakes some of the detritus for export as well.
Can you recreate his system, water volume and other methods? Like others have said, you can keep a tank with detritus or with very little. It depends on your tank and many factors. You can't just run your tank like sanjay and expect the same results. What works for one might not work for another. Lots of great info in this thread. Another example would be like running radions at 100% power because the best reefer does it and wonder why you woke up to bare skeletons.Sanjay Joshi doesn't do anything about his detritus. No filter socks, just a nice DIY protein skimmer with epo putty [sp?]. 'Nuff said.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/life-saver-during-outage.364972/
Detritus turns into a tax monster on the system in the event of a power outage. My clean tiny bowl packed full of coral but no fish will survive longer stilled and in temp flux than any large tank here, hence removing those two taxes during a power outage makes large tanks stronger. Detritus impact was number two on the prep list for power outage safety.
I let detritus accumulate in my sump to form a mud more than an inch thick.
IMO, it is only a concern if you are trying to maintain a ULNS system, or otherwise have issues with elevated nutrients.
Your use of the oxydator is a confound in how you see the impacts of detritus storage in my opinion. There is a specific post from Randy that factors heavily into why I won't keep detritus, what you take away from them vs what i take away is different
Our dilutions and offsets are massively day and night different.
I have never had such problems when I have had a power outage, I put that down to my use of Oxydators. Longest I have been without power is about 10 hours however but I wouldn't be without my Oxydators supply fresh O2 to my tank.
Can you recreate his system, water volume and other methods? Like others have said, you can keep a tank with detritus or with very little. It depends on your tank and many factors. You can't just run your tank like sanjay and expect the same results. What works for one might not work for another. Lots of great info in this thread. Another example would be like running radions at 100% power because the best reefer does it and wonder why you woke up to bare skeletons.