Do you know the lifespan of one?
Not sure but I think it's like 9-12 months.
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Do you know the lifespan of one?
So, I just got used to the bare bottom and I just let the live rock do it's job. I do take the time to keep it's deep pores as open and clean as possible.
Micheal,I'm leaning towards bare bottom for my new reefer. A thin clean white sand bed is beautiful, but a slightly 'dirty' sand bed or one the fish decided to mess up, bugs my visual ADHD.
I mounted my small LPS to rubble from BRS. There are some fun shaped pieces and I think rubble islands on the bare bottom is my new favored look.
Plus, my digitate hydroids outbreak all over the sand bed soured me. They were easily killed, but still.
Side Note: I recharge my Purigen reactor every six weeks with 500ml of Purigen. It's been a great system. I could push the Purigen longer but I don't wont the Purigen to turn into a bacteria bio-media so I change it out every six weeks.
I used to run Purigen longer until it got a dark brown color but the color change to full exhaustion can be different. The color change depends on the color of the organics that the Purigen absorbs. I get longer life with the Purigen since I let it tumble inside it's own reactor, like GFO in it's own reactor. I'd say that tumbling it in it's own reactor has been less aggressive that ROX but at the same time it also last longer.I don't have much experience with Purigen. It's supposed to change color as it's exhausted, yes? I understand replacing it so it doesn't become part of your biological filter, but do you have any idea how much capacity is left?
I use chemical media in bags (no reactor), some of it can be fully exhausted in 48 hours (phosguard). GFO absorbs slower than phosguard, and while purigen is for other substances I sort of assumed it was a fast absorb-er like phosguard. So six weeks already sound impressive.
Woohoo!!!!@MrMichael @prsnlty @bif24701
Guys, I hope this is not a fluke but if you look at the last shot on post #44...
and this shot. I see something missing. I saw it gone Friday but just now took the new shot.
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(lol) 1 big one down.Wow! They are starting fast! I guess it take a much longer time to put a dent in 1,000+ LOL.
I see something missing. I saw it gone Friday but just now took the new shot
Micheal,There were at least nine in that original shot, the huge sucker is gone and maybe more! The assassins are good. I bet that is a great feeling, made your weekend.
I, on the other hand, threw away a meat coral today that I bought online. It came covered in aiptasia and while I tried killing them with Aiptasia-X, they spread off the frag to elsewhere. I decided I didn't want to fight it anymore and risk them taking over my tank. I feel bad about throwing it away, but it never should have come to me in that condition and I don't have an available frag tank.
Digits grow and spread like crazy in my tank. So much so that I started to think of them like I do my green palys and clove polyp Lol!Micheal,
It feels good but (lol), I don't want to Jinx the assassins...
I'm sorry about your meat coral and your right, it should have not came to you that way.
Side Note: When I fragged the Digi to play it safe after the dip, I moved the Pink/Red bushy to the right, in place of the Digi. It has started looking really nice and is really coloring up. I can't really take a picture do it justice.
(lol) I've got Digi frags all over the rock scape.
God Bless You!!!!!!!!!!!!Off topic, but every time I see you post, I smile inside.
Go Vols!
I'm getting close to catching up with @hybridazn.Digits grow and spread like crazy in my tank. So much so that I started to think of them like I do my green palys and clove polyp Lol!
I'm getting close to catching up with @hybridazn.
Jackie,
If you don't mind, I want to take on you build next.
Freddie