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Its best to have sooner or later, especially if your getting into higher end corals. (SPS)
Ok, time for me to set this one straight.Yes, A marine tank without a sump just like a car without cruise control, it will give you both level control and temperature stability.
Use a micron filter bag and diatom filter aid to clean out all your lanthenum carbonate
mess,put the bag(with all stuff in it) under the trickle filter (if you have one) then you have a phosphate sponge that will last a few weeks and no need to add any SeaKlear during this time. Once exhausted(by P endpoint), put GFO in the bag to suck phosphate instead of Seaclear.
Dosing is a risking business unless you know what you are doing and with end point detection. Vodka is much less dangerous than lanthanum but same end point detection is still needed otherwise wholesale addition of ethanol to tank without knowing how much consumed will endanger all tankmates as well, even though LC50 is high for most marine species. I'll get back on this subject later.
Only reason I ever rinsed my frozen food in water was to thaw it out for the fish. I just threw all the shrimp and the water in the tank when it was thawed out.See,
Here's another thing that dives me crazy. I ask, "should I rinse out my Frozen Mysis Shrimp" I get a clear answer here. "Yes. Rinse any frozen food." Okay. Great. It makes perfect sense. Then I try it and what do you know?, the shrimp falls apart and goes right through my screen. So, naturally, I assume there's a better method. I look it up, everyone and their brother says it's a waste of time to rinse the shrimp as the majority of the phosphates are within the animal and the "juice" is so minimal, it wouldn't cause an issue in that much water. I'm still on team rinse the s%*& because it does make sense even if it only helps a little. However, do I need cheese cloth to do it? Do I have to purchase a fine strainer specifically for frozen shrimp?! Come on!! Ha ha.
Data is data. Endpoints are critical. Don't do wholesale dumping of anything, trust me, I have data (my own experimental no biased data with control, not something cut and paste from net)), Do you? Fix you HLLE on your hippo tang if he is still alive!Ok, time for me to set this one straight.
1st- ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!
Nothing dangerous about vodka nor seaklear dosing. You've never done it, and therefore haven't the slightest idea what your talking about, with the exception of reading................HOLY COW.....
You have any idea how much of either it would take to crash a tank??? DO you?!! Give me a break dude. Getting tired of having to jump in here with you, your getting on my nerves with this crap. Randal Holmes-Farley doesn't even talk bad about either of those units for dosing, I outta know, I MOD a Site with him.
So give me and these guys a break will ya. Quit guessing.
Oh and, I don't have to get back to this later, facts is facts.
You tinker with the dosings, you get them straight, and BOOM!! Houston we have lift off. Only difference in my stuff is, it doesn't cost these guys an arm and a leg to operate. GFO, pfft, you don't need that cost in running a tank. Try dosing SeaKlear, hell I'll even show you how its done, then you can have your say in the matter.
I just thaw stuff and carefully dump water out and add fresh.See,
Here's another thing that dives me crazy. I ask, "should I rinse out my Frozen Mysis Shrimp" I get a clear answer here. "Yes. Rinse any frozen food." Okay. Great. It makes perfect sense. Then I try it and what do you know?, the shrimp falls apart and goes right through my screen. So, naturally, I assume there's a better method. I look it up, everyone and their brother says it's a waste of time to rinse the shrimp as the majority of the phosphates are within the animal and the "juice" is so minimal, it wouldn't cause an issue in that much water. I'm still on team rinse the s%*& because it does make sense even if it only helps a little. However, do I need cheese cloth to do it? Do I have to purchase a fine strainer specifically for frozen shrimp?! Come on!! Ha ha.