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Yes, silicate feed diatoms, which can outcompete dinos, but aside from that and to feed sponges, having excess silicate is not particularly desirable.Silicates are actually good and a lot of old timers dose silicates to keep Dino’s at bay to run low nutrient systems.
Sure, boil 35g weeklyI have a Britta filter and i poured a bunch into a kettle and boiled it. Then I tested it for chlorine and there's zero chlorine in it. The non boiled Britta water does test positive chlorine . So what's the deal? Why can't we use boiled Britta tap-water for our reef tanks?
I had the same thought,,, well, I was thinking 30G/month,,, but same sentimentSure, boil 35g weekly
ahh the wonderful world a protein skimmers. They do seem to make water changes obsolete from what little I've learned so far. But the most beautiful coral tank I've seen at my LFS, owner insists he does a small water change every week just so corals can get the elements they need.
Adding 10g to a 150g+ system a week is not what i consider a water change and that is what he is probably doing. Adding just enough new salt water to introduce the trace elements, you get the same thing if you dose a Reef Complete type product when you need to raise Calc.owner insists he does a small water change every week just so corals can get the elements they need.
The cult would have told you that, question is would you listen to the "folklore" or just assume you 1st guess is better than what it took many people many years to come up with..well, as usual, if it were practical everybody would be doing that. So that answers that.
I have another problem. My blue damsels I thought were sweet fish, but they're terrors. and I got a brand new fire shrimp, and they tore it to shreds in a day. I met somebody at LFS He was telling He has 40 in this 100 tank and I thought I can have 4 in my 40. Now I'm doomed.
Petrochemical dosing is underrated. Natural seep oil puts a lot of hydrocarbons into the ocean and is food for microbes that eat it.The cult would have told you that, question is would you listen to the "folklore" or just assume you 1st guess is better than what it took many people many years to come up with..
Soooo.... diesel instead of gasoline?Petrochemical dosing is underrated. Natural seep oil puts a lot of hydrocarbons into the ocean and is food for microbes that eat it.
Everyone knows that microorganisms are the bottom rung of the food chain and they process the waste products of fish into energy that feeds our fishies.
Still, I would not drink them if other carbon sources were available.
Diesel is also degraded by microbial activity. I think vodka has a better taste so I would use it before diesel for human consumption or in a reef tank. The skimmer is good for removing the bacterial bloom from vodka but I don’t think it would remove the smell of diesel very quickly.Soooo.... diesel instead of gasoline?
Randy Holmes doses 3mg a week I believeYes, silicate feed diatoms, which can outcompete dinos, but aside from that and to feed sponges, having excess silicate is not particularly desirable.
Does Randy currently have a tank? I thought no...Randy Holmes doses 3mg a week I believe
Not sure how that would work unless you want to increase salinity in the system?I was thinking that I could just mix my ATO with salt mix and call it the day.
That's cult talk. Who decided that top off needs to be fresh water?Not sure how that would work unless you want to increase salinity in the system?
Dude that’s pretty insulting. It’s based on science not cult practices. Do what you want with your tank. Cycle with fish if you choose, use your scammer skimmer or don’t, boil your fish in tap water, dump copper on your coral, make water a gallon at a time with a brita pitcher, dump 4 yellow tail damsels in your tank without researching aggression.no, the Brita did not remove the chlorine unless boiled. I tested that. I thought it was chlorine was the main reason why we can't use tapwater. What would be the second and third chemicals we would want to test for in our tapwater to see if boiling would be OK? The whole ro-di water " is preferred". " is reliable," is not really scientific. and it's OK if you wanna say hey dude do whatever you want. Don't listen to us, but I'm trying to approach this scientifically here without sentiment. Because yeah sure ro di water is preferred but there's gotta be a reason, specific chemicals. Is it fluoride ? what else? because you know what, maybe in some circumstances for some municipalities boiled water would be OK. Maybe not. But there's gotta be a way to measure, rather than being sentimental and loyal to one culty method.