whats a rip clean?
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It is ripping algae straight off the rock basically, and then sucking it up with a siphon
Search @brandon429, it's a method he developed and promotes to help moderate microbial processes in reef systems.
@brandon429 is the master.
It is pretty much removing rock, removing algae, cleaning sand, etc....resetting the tank.
It is pretty much removing rock, removing algae, cleaning sand, etc....resetting the tank.
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I take a hard bristle bamboo scrubber and take the rock out one by one and scrub it.
Nuances: a deep reset would require new bacteria added
We're just shy of that
check these examples/ my top 6 rip cleans:
www.reef2reef.com
No bacteria added
Its a way of infinitely preserving a reef tank by force cleaning out all the waste and or invasions. Vs working in increments, this is all at once/ same day turnaround biology
Rip cleaned tanks cannot develop old tank syndrome
We're just shy of that
check these examples/ my top 6 rip cleans:
Algae Identification
Any opinions on what type of algae this is growing on my rocks and sand bed?
www.reef2reef.com
No bacteria added
Its a way of infinitely preserving a reef tank by force cleaning out all the waste and or invasions. Vs working in increments, this is all at once/ same day turnaround biology
Rip cleaned tanks cannot develop old tank syndrome
Just cyano? How old is your tank? Have a picture? What is your current cleaning/filtration regime?
It's not that it's extreme, examples of health are clearly on file above
Might be too much work, but it's never unhealthy, any system is better afterwards than before
Might be too much work, but it's never unhealthy, any system is better afterwards than before
About 19 months old, you can see pics on my build thread in my sig. Cleaning regimen for last several months is blowing off cyano from rocks/backwall/sand and sucking up with canister filter about every 4-7 days. It comes back in like 2 days but I just cant do a clean like that every 2 days. Its really killing me....of all the issues I've experienced over time this one is the one thats making me want to call it quits. My corals/fish seem to be doing pretty well with good growth, its just this %^$^$%^ cyano is driving me nuts!
I've got UV/rollermat/fuge/skimmer. Parameters are below..they're very stable over time.
sal:35ppt - ph 8.2 - alk 8.8 - cal 485 - po4 .05 - no4 15
lighting is 12hrs but only 7 near max (which is at 56% using sky lights) with AB+
Im not doing chemi-clean...just more work to have it come right back after. Im going to try waste away....minus the refresh. I just dont want to risk killing my inverts.
All those things are a risk
they just save work
for example, here’s fifty more pages of rip cleans that was the short read above
flip through my before and after pics see if you’ve ever seen such stark cleanup contrasts from any doser or alternate means:
www.reef2reef.com
100% tanks saved.
our work is intense but its the safest no loss method possible compared to messing with the water and dosing antibiotics
*for large jobs we stagger back the sand addition
we take your sandbed out and rinse it, but then run the system bare bottom for a couple months to ensure fixed of cyano, then we put the sand back. None of this causes a cycle.
they just save work
for example, here’s fifty more pages of rip cleans
that was the short read aboveflip through my before and after pics see if you’ve ever seen such stark cleanup contrasts from any doser or alternate means:
Official Sand Rinse and Tank Transfer thread
The best way to prepare your sand for use in a transferred reef tank, an upgraded reef tank, a reef tank under invasion etc is to put the sand in sections in a bucket and TAP WATER rinse it outside over and over with the garden hose until all the silt / waste is ejected, expect hours of work per...
www.reef2reef.com
100% tanks saved.
our work is intense but its the safest no loss method possible compared to messing with the water and dosing antibiotics
*for large jobs we stagger back the sand addition
we take your sandbed out and rinse it, but then run the system bare bottom for a couple months to ensure fixed of cyano, then we put the sand back. None of this causes a cycle.
A rip clean is a way to throw your tank stability and progress out of the window and is a great way to make your tank rely upon rip cleans every 6 months to function properly. If you do perform a rip clean at least fix the underlying issues after.
Call this maintenance method whatever you like but it essentially simulates a significant disturbance like a storm surge event. These occur naturally and regularly on reef and lagoon systems around the oceans and seas. Don’t be afraid of it, just understand what it does and why you’re doing it.
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