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67 days to see what, if any, effect it has on the corals
Chemistry changes?
OPR or CO2 changes
I have had to slightly increase my calcium reactor effluent rate to compensate for the fact that my alk was dipping below 7 dKH (it now sits at 8 dKH). My tank has always used magnesium heavily and I have to dose that over and above the dolomite in the reactor.dosing increased on certain elements in your tank to account for the growth
Feedback on my setup below?
Thanks
Salt
Hi Salt
What you are achieving is typical of what most of the bubblers are getting now.
Do you have a wooden air block in the return line?
You are creating bubbles of varying sizes including bigger ones as can be seen by the foam on the surface of your water. This foam probably gives you a bit of splash and a fine salty aerosol mist which could cause salt creep issues later!
According to my experiences, you have more than enough bubbles in your tank to see some results over time, if you wanted, you could play around and see if you could get more of a fine bubble going into the DT, as it's quality rather than quantity that I believe works best.
That being said, well done on a good effort
Cheers
when they are on its extremely fine, I think I would only be worried if the lights were on since they could suck in some spray via their fans.
I loved it away from the return Inlet but got no bubbles really
@chaoticreefer
Here is a video of all the parts!
Outside tube is 50mm PVC water pipe and inner tube is 15mm conduit, the permanent marking pen is for length reference.
There is a little threaded reticulation fitting at the end cap to accept the airline. Hint: keep the air flowing in slowly you don't want a rush of air into the system.
Final video showing that if the bubbles created are uniform and small enough in size,then they will stay in the water column longer and there should be very minimal foam, salt spray,vapour or mist visible on the water surface.
It appears my hair algae is receding rapidly
This goes contrary to what others have observed, including myself!skimmer seems to be skimming a lot less though.
Interesting...people who carbon dose have experienced an increase in skimmate production or a change in colour, normally darker in colour!I am running NoPX
Interesting...people who carbon dose have experienced an increase in skimmate production or a change in colour, normally darker in colour!
Are you getting less skimmate (volume) or less in colour?