random questions

1. has anyone ever had a Korilia powerhead fall off the magnet and crush corals/create chaos in your tank? if so, how do/did you prevent that from happening again?

2. if mixing pickeling lime in with your ATO water, how do you keep the powder from settling at the bottom?

3. when cycling a tank, should you keep your protien skimmer/carbon reactor running?

4. is it bad if salt creep flakes fall back into the tank?

5. is it possible to run carbon and bio-pellets in one reactor? if so, how?

6. does vodka dosing make your fish alcoholics?

thanks
-billie

 

Can't answer 1 or 2-- Sorry.

3: Yes. While it's not absolutely necessary, it does not prolong the cycle as once believed, but rather, allows for the creation of a bio-filter more tailored for your system, helping reduce the extremity in the fluctuations in parameters once the cycle is complete.

4: It's harmless as long as it doesn't land on a coral or nem. If it does, they can receive chemical burns from it.

5: Can't be positive, but it doesn't sound like a good idea.

6: LOL... No. You're really not adding enough to have any noticeable effect on the fish, so there won't be any ramifications where they're concerned.

 

3. how is it tailord to the system if theres no bioload on the skimmer other than the nitrogen cycle?

5. what if theres a mesh screen tween the two?

6. good to know

 

3: Ahhh, but there is a bioload on the skimmer. Regardless what method you use (uncured live rock, raw cocktail shrimp, etc) the first stage in the breakdown of dead tissue is DOCs, which is exactly what the skimmer removes (in part) from the water column.

5: Someone with more knowledge concerning the function of bio-pellets needs to answer that for you... Sorry.

 

See above.

 

Biopellets put out a slime as they break bown I assume this would foul the carbon very quickly. Also biopellets don't get replaced like carbon. They just get topped off as they deplete, but this takes quite a while ime. so would be a pain with the two in the same reactor. And I'm not positive, but I would think at the rate of flow that you need for biopellets, it wouldn't be very effective with carbon. I'd rather just run the carbon in a sock rather than try and combine the two. Much less of a headache.

 

@tritons, LOL friends dont let fish drive drunk! hahaha! concerning the powerheads, it wasnt the magnet that poped off, it came off the plastic post that rotates with the magnet.

@coylee, ill prolly just get a nother media reactor, thats an easier solution.

 

1) no, those magnets are pretty strong. Maybe yours is undersized for the thickness of the glass? The nano magnets aren't very strong, the evos stronger and magnums stronger yet. Perhaps step up one level? The only problem is then, the powerhead is bigger...

2) the precipitate could be impurities, kalk that reacted with CO2, while mixing, to form calcium-carbonate (more or less lime-stone) and extra kalk that can't dissolve because the water is saturated already. It does no harm there, so I just leave it and dump it once and a while, when I refill. You could pour off the water into a new container, but it isn't really necessary, unless there is a reason you want to.

3) the protein skimmer and carbon will remove some of the organics you are adding to get the tank to cycle. It doesn't really do any harm though and may help keep excess from accumulating. I can see an argument either way. I guess i'd probably run the skimmer, just to get it going and broken in. You can always add a bit more food to compensate for what it removes.

4). Yes, if it lands on a coral, it can kill the tissue quickly.

5 sort of. The problem is the carbon builds a biofilm and should really be rinsed in fresh water weekly to keep it's surface clean (regardless of BP). Also, the BP should tumble, but tumbling will break up carbon, which is bad. You could probably run the carbon in a filter bag, in the reactor, but you'd have to shut off the reactor once and a while to rise the carbon. Also the pellets may not tumble as they should, so, may be less effective.

6) no, but it may make you one. Personally, I prefer to stick to being an acro-holic though ;D


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The power head is a korilia magnum 6, i dont think the magnet could get much stronger, and again, its not the magnet that fell off, its the powerhead that fell off the magnet.

 

Wow, yeah, I don't think the magnet could get stronger. And I've never seen the powerhead come off the magnet, usually I can't get them off when I want to