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With a bit of experimentation you can figure it out. It's a lot easier with a Neptune since you have both ORP and pH probes and monitors/controllers to work with. Makes it more plug and play. Carlo

Oh, I feel your pain Billy. These are one of the toughest things to deal with. Makes a cynao attack look like child's play. Cyanobacteria, Dinoflagellates, and Diatoms all show up for the same reason which is an abundance of food sources and lack of apex predators. Since most tanks can't...

You probably read the inverse thing here in RichT's thread http://www.njreefers.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=5769.0 For every 1 unit of pH change, the ORP will change by 58/59 mV I too would vote for dripping Kalk/Limewater. It's easy, cheap and can be controlled by a pH...

I'd definitely go with the skimmer if the tank is going to have Acros or other hard corals that like the water very clean. While water changes are easy to do the nutrients and DOCs build up much quicker without the skimmer doing it's thing. If it's going to be a soft coral tank then maybe I'd...

Should I pick phrases that suit you instead? You're not getting it. You trying to assume you know what I'm trying to do with my carbon BUT YOU DON'T. If you would read what I've been typing I've made it clear. I'm NOT interested in using a carbon that's going to compete with my skimmer. I think...

If you read my message you'll see I did say you should backflush your carbon. What I also said is that if you read the case studies the two carbons performed almost identical with lignite costing more. It was the TIME & WATER SAVINGS that made the lignite a better value. The bitum carbon was...

A tank is not a waste treatment plant. Not the way I run one at least. :) That's too funny. We deal with much smaller particles then waste treatment plants do. Actually you should go back and read the studies and see why the 2 waste plants choose the lignite over the bitum (notice they got the...

That doesn't surprise me a bit. Why are you always out to try and prove me wrong at every turn? Now you stupe to calling somebody to see if they know me? What if he doesn't know or remember me from the other thousand customers they have? Does that mean my knowledge of carbons is any less? You...

That sounds just about right to me and what I would expect to happen. Keep it running slower. :) Carlo

Best kept secret in central Jersey! Carlo

Not that it makes any difference, but why do you think Randy suggest a bituminous carbon if lignite is better? Carlo

OOPs typo, sorry, didn't mean pore size, meant granule size. One of those times when the eyes saw one thing but the brain read something else. :( I agree on the molasses and iodine tests measuring pore size and a bigger pore size being able to capture more larger particles if that is what you...

Try turning down the flow going into the reactor by 25%-50% and see what the Effluent comes out to. If it goes down try running it that way for a day. If it stays the same then try a new batch of GFO but try the decreased flow rate too. If you can slow the reactor down so the effluent is in the...

Nothing wrong with that mladencovic. Your just adding some more proteins, crude fats, amino acids & vitamins to the water. As long as your filtration can keep up it's a good thing overall. Next time you blend, try pulling some pieces out earlier in the blending stages so you get different sizes...

You need to go back and read what I said. Basically the same thing as you about the different studies and how they contradict each other. Actually I criticize most studies I see on carbon because they test one small part of the carbon functionality and don't give the whole picture of how the...

I'm surprised your not getting what I'm saying. How the heck do you do a CONTROLLED experiment when you bring in outside interference? Why do you take exception to this when I suggest it for people to try but you don't discount the studies that basically did the same thing? Show me an...

I've used it a few times in the past. I think it's OK but could be better. This isn't a knock on the product in any way mind you. The fish definitely love it but I think the particle size is to big for some corals. If it were chopped finer I think it would be better for the corals. Have you...

I'm going to disagree with you Gary in a nice friendly way on a couple things. :) Using RO/DI water is a good start but even water at 0 TDS can have significant phosphates in it. Phosphates don't really test on a TDS meter. They aren't like calcium and magnesium minerals. This is one of my pet...

You probably have a higher flow going through your carbon then you do your GFO correct? If you were to run them in series the GFO will suck up the leach from the carbon plus some and your overall tank value would drop. Just for kicks can you remove your carbon for a couple of days and see...