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09/10/2007, 05:40 PM
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09/10/2007, 06:15 PM
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I would change the at least every 2-3 days. The object is to try and pull out as much of the bad nutrients as you can.
With the DI unit , the euroreef and changing socks every couple days you should see the hair algae disappear pretty quickly. I have enough socks to last a week with changing every other day and when the lats set is ready to come out i just wash all of them at once.
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09/10/2007, 06:17 PM
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09/10/2007, 06:23 PM
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Wow I guess don't beleive everthing you read. I was following the directions and I even cut that in half. the directions said every other week or once a week.
Thanks good to know that you change them that often. Roger
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09/10/2007, 06:35 PM
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The longer the socks sit in the sump dirty the more time what ever it has collected has to break down. When it breaks down is when you get bad nutrients going back into the water. The cleaner you keep the socks the better off you are.
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09/10/2007, 07:01 PM
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Great to know!!
The 25 has smaller holes then the 100 for example. I think that is right. What # does everyone else use. I have 3 socks now but to make life easier I will order another 4 or so. Thanks Roger
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09/10/2007, 11:18 PM
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Got mine there too, I change mine every 2-3 days...
Anyone have any good tips for storing dirty socks before they go in the wash? I think i need a little diaper pail.... lol Right now it slowly dries out and smells a bit in the fishy room, don't want to just throw it in the garage with all the different aerosols sprayed in there. |
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09/10/2007, 11:27 PM
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this may be a little off topic but how often do you guys add magnesium? i too have been making my own ca, alk, and mg but i never seem to ever add magnesium...? i test mg once a week and it is always about 1500. is this because i do weekly water changes?
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09/10/2007, 11:45 PM
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Bluecoast: Take a salt bucket with a lid and store them in that till you wash them.
deftonhead: mag is added when you do water changes.
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09/11/2007, 08:01 AM
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Someone correct me if im wrong but algae releases the nitrates back into the water at night. When you are testing with the lighting on the Algae in the tank has absorbed it back up.
Sorry don't know how to do the origianlly posted in bold everyone does. anyway. what if I was to leave my refugium on 24-7 instead? Roger
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What if I left the refugium on 24-7? Roger
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09/11/2007, 09:53 AM
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Your refugium algae needs to be on a light cycle. The algae needs to have time in the dark aswell. Not sure how to explain it but it has to do with the photosynthesis.
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09/11/2007, 11:13 AM
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But 24/7 prevents the macro algae from going "sexual" ?
"Another area which would benefit from a little more investigation is the potential benefits and risks associated with continuously lighting a refugium. Many reefkeepers use a twenty-four hour photoperiod over stands of Caulerpa to prevent sporulation. Considering the reports from aquarists, this method does work. We do not know, however, if growth rates are better when using other photoperiod conditions compared to twenty-four hour cycles, or if continuous light simply delays an inevitable sporulation event." http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-01/sl/index.php |
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09/11/2007, 11:17 AM
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Well I guess it depends on what macro algae you have:
"There are two ways to generally reduce vegetative die-offs of Caulerpa: 1) keep it in stasis, or 2) interrupt its life cycle with strategic pruning. On the former count, "stasis" is "in layman's terms" a state whereby the Caulerpa does not get to complete its life cycle by keeping it under constant illumination (as recommended by some advocates of the mud system refugiums keepers). In practical hobby applications, Caulerpa is one of the only algae species that this can be applied to. The majority of plants and algae must have a period of respiration (day/night photoperiods)." http://www.reefland.com/rho/0105/main2.php |
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09/11/2007, 01:06 PM
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I keep only chaeto and have 2 mangroves. Chaeto will not go sexual. I run my lights on opposite cycles. The entire time the tank light is on the sump light is off and the other way around.
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