Tim Parkinson
18-04-07, 14:38
This is possibly going to make me look potty but i have to ask as its getting a bit annoying.
can the ulns be run without a skimmer just the range of additions and possibly the reactor?
my thinking is that if a tank can be run on live rock alone is this not just the same but on a smaller scale?
as far as i understand it the method means increased bacteria populations and variation. These break down waste. Bacteria strands feed corals those not eaten are skimmed out and as a by product remove what they have bound.
However it is only the free floating strands that are removed so this must be a smaller percentage of the overall population inc those grown on rocks, sand, glass, zeolite and so on. If these strands are not skimmed out do they not just break down the waste and that then leaves them free to break down more waste and so on?
It has already been shown that as the system continues to bed in the skimmer will remove less untill it seems quite minimal.
could regular weekly/bi weekly/monthly water changes not do the same even if one was to say empty the zeolite reactor water into the removed tank water ie wash a portion of the media?
There goes any credability i did have so look forward to your thoughts.
:thanks:
can the ulns be run without a skimmer just the range of additions and possibly the reactor?
my thinking is that if a tank can be run on live rock alone is this not just the same but on a smaller scale?
as far as i understand it the method means increased bacteria populations and variation. These break down waste. Bacteria strands feed corals those not eaten are skimmed out and as a by product remove what they have bound.
However it is only the free floating strands that are removed so this must be a smaller percentage of the overall population inc those grown on rocks, sand, glass, zeolite and so on. If these strands are not skimmed out do they not just break down the waste and that then leaves them free to break down more waste and so on?
It has already been shown that as the system continues to bed in the skimmer will remove less untill it seems quite minimal.
could regular weekly/bi weekly/monthly water changes not do the same even if one was to say empty the zeolite reactor water into the removed tank water ie wash a portion of the media?
There goes any credability i did have so look forward to your thoughts.
:thanks: