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10/06/2015, 06:07 AM | #101 |
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I'm redesigning my matrix holder after watching a show with a guy doing some gold sifting on a river bank............ came to me like WHAM ! - that's the answer to debris buildup, flow and everything.
We need pics please Mike, i want to know if you're a noodle stacker....... Love your simple but effective DIY approach to reefing Daniel
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I plan on running my siporax in a reactor with low flow, and blast it weekly to clear out any detrius.
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10/06/2015, 04:16 PM | #105 |
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I've got a 6045 in that sump section for some gentle water movement and dropped a couple of orphaned corals on top just top speed the seeding process along. Managed to talk someone into bringing me another 10L of Siporax from Germany so I should be able to top off my little ghetto box in a couple of weeks. Now I'm trying to figure out how to engineer a small Gyre into the mix.
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10/07/2015, 10:49 AM | #107 |
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If I get matrix instead of siporax, I will use these to help detritus move on through.
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10/07/2015, 12:44 PM | #108 |
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I bought 1 kg of Siporax (15 mm), which is approximately 3 lt, from my lfs today. It cost me £22, i.e. just slightly over £7 per litre. I am pleased with the price.
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I wish I could find it that cheaply in the states. Hopefully you'll be just as pleased with the results as you were with the price. Keep us updated on the progress.
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10/09/2015, 08:04 AM | #111 |
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just bought a few additionals packs of siporax, can the net they are delived in be used to keep the siporax in the sump?
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Rather than making a big box for my siporax media, I am considering making three small ones and placing them in three different sump sections. By d section.oing that I will be exposing the media to different water flow conditions smoothing out advantages and disadvantages of each
What do you think of this idea?
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I have replace all of my rubble with this media. 2 gallons of balls + 1 large block.
IMG_4752 by rich colombo, on Flickr
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Those balls may get brittle over time. You may not want to keep the block on top of them long term. You have a sock in place, so your balls will stay clean That should probably do the trick. How big is the tank and how much rock do you have in it?
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Thanks for the advice, that makes sense. I'll put the balls on top of the block. They're all elevated on a perforated platform where detritus can fall below. I usually shop vac any detritus that falls with each water change. This system is about 130g total. I used 1 1/3 gallons of balls + 1 large block. The display has 45lbs of tonga.
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I was originally going to put all balls in there, but hearing that the block denitrifies better. I dunno I think this plenty of surface area compared to the old rubble that was in there.
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How quickly do you all expect to see results? I added 1 lt of siporax to my 40B over week ago and haven't seen even the slightest tick downward using a salifert NO3 test. Two days ago I added a second liter. I'm hoping that 2 liters of siporax will provide some reduction, right? BTW, my tank has been hovering around 7 ppm for over a year. What would be a realistic expectation of 2L of siporax in a 40B?
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Measure all again after a month. This is biology, no chemicals that binds Phosp. Or nitrates. |
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Is this true?
Consider aluminum-based or ferric oxide-based medium as well as lanthanum chloride (or even calcium hydroxide) that binds phosphates .
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Just set my Matrix up last night, I had around 1L in a mesh bag in the sump near the main drain, so no way to know the flow but had no detrius build up.
Now I have added that litre and 1 more litre of fresh matrix to a NextReef smr1 I had laying around, hooked up a rio pump that should be pushing around 50gph through the reactor, need to test tonight to be sure. I am also seeding the matrix by dosing aquavitro seed at the pump intake for the reactor and the bottom half had been in the sump for a month so I am hoping to start seeing results in a month instead of 2 months. I just need to make sure the 44gph guide for a 4" reactor is based off of inner diameter(since that is what the SMR1 is). Will post when I start seeing results. |
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