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[maurizio]

Ciao eric,

our name is maurizioand mauro, we live in Rome, Italy.

we've difficult to attach a photo of maurizio's reef thank, please try this link:

http://www.acquaportal.it/ARTICOLI/M...li/default.asp

if you find it interesting we'll sand you other photo, the tecnich and the chemical


we admire you work and we'd like to change with you information and experience hopening to meet you in the future.

Just to begin with a question:

in you experience, to allow to our sps to growth better, is it better to adsorbe the Co2 directly in the sump water (calcium reactor) or to adsorbe it from the carbonate of the water?

And in the first case what is the best metodology to evaporate the Co2 at the exit of the reactor?

Ciao ciao

Maurizio and Mauro

sorry for our english

[EricHugo]

Hi Maurizio:

Whatever you are doing, I think you are doing it just fine. Your tank is beautiful!

I do not know what you mean by "absorbing CO2 from the carbonate." If you put CO2 in the reactor, you will dissolve carbonate and the CO2 will mostly be lost if it is adjusted right. What other way are you talking about?

[maurizio]

sorry eric,

I'll try to explain me better and make you two other question?

1)I'd like to know if you use somethink at the exit of the reactor to free the Co2 in eccess.

In my experience oxigene and sand are not too good (alloy the calcium ioni), the coke could be good but impoverish the water.

2) Have you ever tried 24v current?

3) In which way you add glucose in the food for the acropora?

Sorry for all this question, but the possibility for me to speak with you it's like a child in a candyshop without the parents!!!!!

Maurizio

[tinycrazycrawler]

A question: why adding glucose for acropora? Where, Maurizio, you`ve read that this can be useful?

Thanks,
Marco CANDINI

[EricHugo]

Hi Maurizio:

I apologize for the delay in responding to you.

I am afraid I am still confused by the English-Italian translation

>> sorry eric,

I'll try to explain me better and make you two other question?

1)I'd like to know if you use somethink at the exit of the reactor to free the Co2 in eccess.<<

If your drip rate of CO2 and your outflow is set correctly, you shouldn't have much, if any unreacted CO2. If you do, the pH of the water should rapidly convert it to bicarbonate or carbonate anyway.

>>In my experience oxigene and sand are not too good (alloy the calcium ioni), the coke could be good but impoverish the water.<<

Yes, it is true that oxygen levels drop rapidly with a sand bed if the water is not well oxygenated by flow due to bacterial biomass, especially at night. Good water flow at the surface and lots of overflows, and skimming, will keep oxygen levels high.

By coke (coal), do you mean activated carbon? If so, it will not impoverish the water of anything that you need to be concerned about. :-)

>>2) Have you ever tried 24v current?<<

Electrolytic accretion? No, but even if I had, 24V is too much - 8-12V seems to be the voltage of choice. I don't see the need to make corals grow any faster than they already do...and by the looks of your tank, you shouldn't worry either!

>>3) In which way you add glucose in the food for the acropora?<<

I don't. There is far and away enough glucose provided by the zooxanthellae in well-lit tanks. The problem in tanks is not carbon-rich food for zooxanthellate corals.

>>Sorry for all this question, but the possibility for me to speak with you it's like a child in a candyshop without the parents!!!!! <<

I'm very flattered. I hope this helps.

[maurizio]

Ciao Eric,

We're sorry for the delay in keeping in touch with you, but we were very busy during the last week!!

We'd like to start with you a continuous info exchange about chemistry and food.

But, if it's possible, we'd like to go on in a private way.

So eric, please, contact me to my e-mail

[email protected]

Hoping to have soon news from you

Ciao ciao

Mauro e Maurizio

[grevedin]

Ciao Mauro e Maurizio,

Ho notato il vostro dialogo con Eric. Anche io sono un appassionato di acquari, ed anche io sono di Roma, ma adesso vivo a N.Y. da qualche tempo.

Sarei contento di aiutarvi con con le traduzioni.

Giovanni

PS: Eric, would be happy in helping out with any translations from English-Italian

[maurizio]

ciao, grazie

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a presto

mauro