!!!!LET DETRITUS UNITE US!!! or THE ULTIMATE QUAGMIRE, the uphill battle to eliminate detritus in the reef tank

[vadryn]

My motivation for mechanical filtration is getting the detritus out of the water column because I want my DT water to be clean (or look clean) . If you have a sump/refugium and it's settling there, isn't that the point? As for the rocks... I have really fine oolite sand, so I can't say how much of what settles on my rocks is detritus or just my substrate.

 

[ryshark]

ha! Excellent I'm actually going to be on Keiths "rapping w reefbum" again this Thursday! (3rd time we'll definitely talk about it. I may have to get ahold of Mike then too and see what his take is these days.

I watched it, thanks for bringing this up!

 

[atoll]

I watched it, thanks for bringing this up!

How can I view this, any links? Am in the UK.
Cheers

 

[ryshark]

How can I view this, any links? Am in the UK.
Cheers

Google

Youtube Reefbum Battlecorals

All 3-videos should pop up

 

[ryshark]

Google

Youtube Reefbum Battlecorals

All 3-videos should pop up

Or just go to ReefBums channels on YouTube and look for Adam Derickson, Battlecorals videos.

 

[atoll]

Google

Youtube Reefbum Battlecorals

All 3-videos should pop up

Cheers.

 

[atoll]

Or just go to ReefBums channels on YouTube and look for Adam Derickson, Battlecorals videos.

Thanks will do

 

[ryshark]

Thanks will do

Let me know if that doesn’t work. I can pull up the direct link

 

[atoll]

Let me know if that doesn’t work. I can pull up the direct link

Yes got it OK cheers

 

[atoll]

Just listened to Adam and thoughts about detritus removal phosphates and nitrates but no real conclusion as to if detritus is good or bad. He doesn't know his nutrients levels either. Seems he's always used some form of mechanical filtration so no experience on removing his socks etc to see the results.
Am waiting untiI somebody does some long term science based tests not just what they do and think. Seems nobody really wants to go there.

 

[topjimmy]

Which baster do you use? I’ve used 2 and they both make it way too difficult to do that often. 1-the squeeze part pops off and 2-is harder to squeeze so starts to hurt hand/forearm.

I attached a mj 800 to a piece of PVC with zip ties. Blow the crap out of everything.

 

[CMO]

Healthiest most successful tank I've ever run was a Triton no water change / no mechanical filtration system. I had pumps going in my sump to keep detritus suspend.

 

[sixty_reefer]

Just listened to Adam and thoughts about detritus removal phosphates and nitrates but no real conclusion as to if detritus is good or bad. He doesn't know his nutrients levels either. Seems he's always used some form of mechanical filtration so no experience on removing his socks etc to see the results.
Am waiting untiI somebody does some long term science based tests not just what they do and think. Seems nobody really wants to go there.

not scientific based although for over a year I have a system that gets filtered naturally using many different organisms including heterotrophic bacteria artificial stimulation to mimic the ocean filtering capabilities.

 

[atoll]

not scientific based although for over a year I have a system that gets filtered naturally using many different organisms including heterotrophic bacteria artificial stimulation to mimic the ocean filtering capabilities.

Very similar here. I haven't used mechanical filtration for years just a skimmer and an ATS with a little rowa to aid phosphate control. I just don't see the need for much else and it works for me and some others.