William Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I only have room in my sump for one or the other. and the fuge would only hold about 3 gallons. The tank is a 40 breeder. Link to comment
nanoreef-R Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Carbon Dosing. WM ECObak should be available soon. Link to comment
William Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 also im going to be upgrading my skimmer to a BM NAC6A I have an old fluidized bed filter that sitting around, could i just put the ECObak in there? Link to comment
seldin Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I am not sure if you are really talking about Carbon dosing ( vodka, sugar, etc.). Or using carbon in a bag or reactor and changing it monthly. I would not carbon dose, unless you are an experienced reefer who has done a lot of research and had a great skimmer. Carbon dosing can easily kill your tank if done wrong. Link to comment
jeremai Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I only have room in my sump for one or the other. and the fuge would only hold about 3 gallons. The tank is a 40 breeder. well, which one would solve your problem? Link to comment
William Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 right now my problem is algae growth. I have done Vodka carbon dosing before on my previous tank, so i am used to that. The method of carbon dosing i would be using on this however would be one of the solid granular carbon sources (WM ecobak, NP biopellets, ect) in addition to my BM NAC6A. Im already leaning toward carbon dosing over the fuge as i dont think the amount of space i have for the fuge would be enough for it to do any good. However i wanted to get everyone's opinion before i made a decision. My display already has halimida in it already fyi p.s. when i refer to carbon dosing, i am referring to the addition of a carbon source for bacteria to use in addition to nitrate and po4, not the use of activated carbon (already have that going) Link to comment
moto826 Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 I will have my pellets tomorow Link to comment
ganjero Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 What kind of skimmer do you have? for carbon dosing you need a good skimmer. The fuge will give you extra fauna but that size won't help you much with exporting nutrients. Link to comment
William Posted June 30, 2010 Author Share Posted June 30, 2010 currently i have a current fission recirculating skimmer (rated for 150, an "ok" skimmer) but i will be getting a Bubble Magus NAC6A at the same time i start doing the carbon dosing Link to comment
seldin Posted June 30, 2010 Share Posted June 30, 2010 William, Usually a refugium shares the same water as the display tank, so if you are carbon dosing the refugium, I would think you are also dosing the display tank. Did you measure nitrates and phosphates. Do you really have a problem? Please remember, that using a phosban reactor is much safer than carbon dosing, so I would try that first. Also, cut back on feeding, etc. The point, is that carbon dosing, should be a last resort measure... Link to comment
basser1 Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 I will have my pellets tomorow moto826.... Did you get the WM Eco-BAK pellets? If so, where did you get them from? Keep us posted. Link to comment
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