Sauced and Confused (Lost Remix)

[Petcrazyson]

no one? really no one?
Ok I will.

Thats what I felt back in Danieyella’s thread. What goes round comes round

 

[Nate Chalk]

Good for smaller systems. I would for Sure plumb one into a bare bottom sps 90g cube.

Big water volume needs big surface area. Sand beats rock for surface area every time. Nate doesn't have much of either.

I want a divorce... your constant rambling is tiresome.

I got energy got alot of energy.

 

[Nate Chalk]

 

[Mschmidt]

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[fishguy242]

 

[Nate Chalk]

I'm honestly less concerned with dealing with Ammonia than I am having a diverse microbiome. I go minimal on rock, but it's Enough. Ammonia events are not a constant thing and I use enough rock and sand to deal. Unsightly things in our tanks being out completed and the tank stabilization overall, I believe has a lot to do with that.

I'm rippedAF while Reefing so don't expect me to provide source reasoning.

That was my issue last night.

 

[Nate Chalk]

 

[Nate Chalk]

 

[Projects with Sam]

I have a mud chamber bu that's not the same as sand.

Cleaning the sand in the sump sounds eek. I don't clean the mud.

I have sand in my refugium too.

 

[Petcrazyson]

I have sand in my refugium too.

Same

 

[Nate Chalk]

Hmm... I don't have nutrients export issues though.

But what B said about dealing with ammonia events. Kinda made sense.

 

[Nate Chalk]

So you think. Add this to the sump? Just boom right in there. Dry as a whistle. Or you think cure it ? Hmmm

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

So you think. Add this to the sump? Just boom right in there. Dry as a whistle. Or you think cure it ? Hmmm

Don't overthink it. I prewash All sand. Adding dry sand right now, will not do anything for you, Right now.

This would be an action to help yourself out in the future with stability. Cure it in the tank. I'd probably lay the sand, then add half a cup of your mud to seed it and give it a good stir. Walk away.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Don't overthink it. I prewash All sand. Adding dry sand right now, will not do anything for you, Right now.

This would be an action to help yourself out in the future with stability. Cure it in the tank. I'd probably lay the sand, then add half a cup of your mud to seed it and give it a good stir. Walk away.

Then get rock slap it on top. Call it a year! Good plan . Ty

 

[Nate Chalk]

Woah. Sand engaged

We either just did a good thing or a bad thing. About 3 inch deep. Ready for some fishy boulders.

While I was down there I realized I forgot to flip the uv back on. Wow. Cool job me

 

[Petcrazyson]

Woah. Sand engaged

We either just did a good thing or a bad thing. About 3 inch deep. Ready for some fishy boulders.

While I was down there I realized I forgot to flip the uv back on. Wow. Cool job me
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Is it clearer now?

 

[Nate Chalk]

Is it clearer now?

Yep!

Took about 2 hours. Ran a siphon to 5 micron sock. And went heavy on filter floss.

Everything back to normal. But now I have a sweet sand bed

 

[Stang67]

Love them!

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Everything counts, it's better when everything counts in large amounts, Definitely need more rock, and super porous rock, for denitrification, but honestly I wonder sometimes if there's enough surface area in bb tanks to quickly convert ammonia.

Or just pour a bottle of Matrix into a media bag and toss it in the sump...

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

Or just pour a bottle of Matrix into a media bag and toss it in the sump...

Red pill or Blue pill...