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Originally Posted by 2_zoa
Yes mechanical filtration. This thread is about wether or not to use mechanical filters while running triton, despite tritons recommendations.
Your brief explanation of gunk getting mineralized and becoming algae food.
Then you state if a efficient inorganic (none living, mechanical filters?)are in place. Then the gunk is of no concern.
This seems to suggest that your a proponent of mechanical filters. Reguardless of system type.
Given this thread being about triton, do you yourself run triton? If so. Do you run mechanical filters in conjunction with triton?
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The gunk is organic matter, particulate to dissolved. Coral & microbes & pods etc eat this. It will eventually become inorganic nitrogen, including NO3 - & be used for photosynthesis by algae. So if you grow algae, or use some other efficient form of inorganic nutrient control the gunk is not an issue.
I only use very course mechanical filtration & no skimmer.
Triton recommends not using mechanical, so why consider using it?