Hey everyone,
I'm hoping to get some insight from those of you who are using or have used the triton method. I'm considering running it on my upcoming build and would like to hear what you guys think of it. The tank I am going to be running will be a mixed reef leaning more toward SPS. I am really looking for a method that will help me produce the best results in terms of growth and coloration of my corals. I feel like I've been having a hard time deciding about wether to go this route or not.
I have been interested in triton because the dosing of trace elements is scaled to the use of alkalinity. This sounds like a good approach to managing trace elements to me. I would like to avoid blind dosing trace elements. You can't test for everything and some of the trace elements that you can test for are difficult to perform and have hard to read results. ICP testing seems like it would be a good way to keep track of whats going on with this
The use of a refugium also sounds like a nice low maintenance approach to nutrient export. I want my tank to be able to handle a heavy feeding regimen. I would like to keep a school of anthias and multiple tangs. This will require heavy feeding to limit aggression and meet the nutritional requirements of fish that swim a lot. I believe the triton method boosts macro algae growth and this should help keep nitrate and phosphate down and hopefully limit nuisance algae.
One thing that I am concerned about is the claim of not needing to do water changes. I am going to have a shallow sand bed in the tank and this will need to be vacuumed. It is also my intent to use the removed water from the tank to run my qt systems. Am I misunderstanding that water changes are not needed or are not recommended?
I am also wondering about the choice of not using filter socks with the triton method. In the past I would run socks only after water changes or if I wanted to turkey baste my rocks. The triton sump i am looking at does not have the ability to run socks. If I choose a sump that has filter socks, I would not meet the 10% volume requirement for triton. I am looking at the synergy reef ts60 and cl60 for reference.
I also see that awhile back, that there were some stocking issues and a lot of people were complaining that they were unable to buy the base elements and that there were also issues of leaking containers. Have these issues been resolved?
I would love to hear your thoughts and see pics of your triton method tanks. Let me know how long you've been running it and how your experience has been so far. Thanks for the info!
I'm hoping to get some insight from those of you who are using or have used the triton method. I'm considering running it on my upcoming build and would like to hear what you guys think of it. The tank I am going to be running will be a mixed reef leaning more toward SPS. I am really looking for a method that will help me produce the best results in terms of growth and coloration of my corals. I feel like I've been having a hard time deciding about wether to go this route or not.
I have been interested in triton because the dosing of trace elements is scaled to the use of alkalinity. This sounds like a good approach to managing trace elements to me. I would like to avoid blind dosing trace elements. You can't test for everything and some of the trace elements that you can test for are difficult to perform and have hard to read results. ICP testing seems like it would be a good way to keep track of whats going on with this
The use of a refugium also sounds like a nice low maintenance approach to nutrient export. I want my tank to be able to handle a heavy feeding regimen. I would like to keep a school of anthias and multiple tangs. This will require heavy feeding to limit aggression and meet the nutritional requirements of fish that swim a lot. I believe the triton method boosts macro algae growth and this should help keep nitrate and phosphate down and hopefully limit nuisance algae.
One thing that I am concerned about is the claim of not needing to do water changes. I am going to have a shallow sand bed in the tank and this will need to be vacuumed. It is also my intent to use the removed water from the tank to run my qt systems. Am I misunderstanding that water changes are not needed or are not recommended?
I am also wondering about the choice of not using filter socks with the triton method. In the past I would run socks only after water changes or if I wanted to turkey baste my rocks. The triton sump i am looking at does not have the ability to run socks. If I choose a sump that has filter socks, I would not meet the 10% volume requirement for triton. I am looking at the synergy reef ts60 and cl60 for reference.
I also see that awhile back, that there were some stocking issues and a lot of people were complaining that they were unable to buy the base elements and that there were also issues of leaking containers. Have these issues been resolved?
I would love to hear your thoughts and see pics of your triton method tanks. Let me know how long you've been running it and how your experience has been so far. Thanks for the info!