Wow, that's pretty bold. A number of folks have reported problems at substantially lower levels.
Ty is our local resident mad scientist.
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Wow, that's pretty bold. A number of folks have reported problems at substantially lower levels.
Well now Randy has me scared! I'll follow up with more research once I get to that point in a couple months.Ty is our local resident mad scientist.
I've gone 2 years now without a water change and my Triton results looked similar to yours when my corals looked "off".My triton results when things weren't happy.
The ZeoVit gang have proven that increasing K+ will have no effect on colouration, in fact there might be more harm in raising the levels so high!I would assume so too but I haven't needed to yet. I think I will experiment though on increasing potassium to 600-700ppm and seeing if that improves coloration of acros
I think it's always a shock when I say it but I keep SPS-dominant systems with no water changes.
My old 125-gallon system was maintained for almost 3 years with no water changes. Here's an old picture of the tank.
Video:
More currently, I updated to a 215-gallon tank and actually started a tank thread here on Reef2Reef on it.
http://reef2reef.com/threads/farmertys-215-gallon-sps-tank.207702/
FTS:
Recent Video:
Tanks are maintained with a large skimmer, CaRX, biopellets, GFO, and carbon. I dose aminos about 2x/week and feed my fish like there's no tomorrow. I don't use filter socks, vacuum the sand, or even vacuum out the sump ever.
I only mention the method I employ because to me, water changes become unnecessary once nutrient management and supplementation of trace elements have been achieved.
I consider myself a lazy reefer. Why do water changes at all if the two goals of water changes, nutrient reduction and replenishment of trace elements, can be achieved via other methods? Sure, I understand there are a myriad of elements that are not being replenished by the CaRX but whatever they may be, my old 125-gallon didn't require it for 3 years and my current 215-gallon hasn't required it yet either so far.
Am I delusional to think this might work forever? No, I feel like eventually there might be a trace element that will need to be added to the system... Something I can't test for and don't even realize the importance of until it is depleted... But until then, I'm pretty happy not doing water changes for a few more years. [emoji4]
I just wanted to mention for a fun topic of discussion and to also see who else out there has retired their water change buckets. [emoji41]
Happy reefing!
-Ty
I think it's always a shock when I say it but I keep SPS-dominant systems with no water changes.
My old 125-gallon system was maintained for almost 3 years with no water changes. Here's an old picture of the tank.
Video:
More currently, I updated to a 215-gallon tank and actually started a tank thread here on Reef2Reef on it.
http://reef2reef.com/threads/farmertys-215-gallon-sps-tank.207702/
FTS:
Recent Video:
Tanks are maintained with a large skimmer, CaRX, biopellets, GFO, and carbon. I dose aminos about 2x/week and feed my fish like there's no tomorrow. I don't use filter socks, vacuum the sand, or even vacuum out the sump ever.
I only mention the method I employ because to me, water changes become unnecessary once nutrient management and supplementation of trace elements have been achieved.
I consider myself a lazy reefer. Why do water changes at all if the two goals of water changes, nutrient reduction and replenishment of trace elements, can be achieved via other methods? Sure, I understand there are a myriad of elements that are not being replenished by the CaRX but whatever they may be, my old 125-gallon didn't require it for 3 years and my current 215-gallon hasn't required it yet either so far.
Am I delusional to think this might work forever? No, I feel like eventually there might be a trace element that will need to be added to the system... Something I can't test for and don't even realize the importance of until it is depleted... But until then, I'm pretty happy not doing water changes for a few more years. [emoji4]
I just wanted to mention for a fun topic of discussion and to also see who else out there has retired their water change buckets. [emoji41]
Happy reefing!
-Ty
I've gone 2 years now without a water change and my Triton results looked similar to yours when my corals looked "off".
The ratio's are all out of whack!
My salinity had also dropped, the Ca and Mg was also higher than it should be!
I also had an elevated Al reading before I added cuprisorb.
I did not register a Li reading (although many reefers from the USA have) and I think this was potentially your biggest problem!
Once I corrected for my imbalances, the corals 'took off' again.
Like you mentioned, with the advance of Triton and now other German ICP testing facilities also becoming available, what are water changes again??
Lovely tank, keep it up
The ZeoVit gang have proven that increasing K+ will have no effect on colouration, in fact there might be more harm in raising the levels so high!
400 ppm is a good level to aim for
How do you suppose this would work with a deep sand bed ?
Do you think your success may be in part to your lack of soft corals?
How often do you change gfo and replace what ever you have to replace. Basically what do you estimate the cost per month and time to maintain the tank this way. I have met some one else that did this method.
On my old 125-gallon, I believe I had 2 koralias on either end with a Tunze nano wavebox. On my current 215-gallon, I am currently running two Jaebo WP40s as my only flow in the tank and they are more than enough. They are hooked up to my Apex and run through 5-6 different wave mode types throughout the day.how many powerheads and at what gph did you use for flow on your 125? Or was it a powerhead/closed loop style flow? Also, I'm impressed!
I picked up the Reef Angel Jaebo cable and had someone rewire it for me using a Cat5 cable to plug into my Apex VDM port. Then I borrowed some programming and modified it to my own use.How do you have jeabos hooked to Apex?
Yeah, I goofed on the 2nd block I added by not really rinsing it at all. Just run it under tap water is all that is needed. I gave it a good shake and let it sit out a bit to drain as much as I could before putting it in the tank.That's great man! One more piece of info I need from you, please... I am setting up my tank now and my Marine Pure block is arriving today. What would you do different to rinse your block better prior to installing in your sump? Awesome tank BTW!