Field Trial of Ultralith System as of May 24/10

[Trigger Man]

Originally Posted by Red Coral Aquariums

Do you have proof of this???

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=47990

Claude please note the differences between the RSCP and the H2Ocean as listed in this 1 independent study and I have more studies if you have time. I have been following this thread closely and am looking for a proven coral system, not one based on conjecture.

Fencer It looks like you are doing a great job and the Fauna Marin system is looking promising. Remember that information without proof is only gossip, (from me included) so keep up the studying and keep up the good work.

Kevin

I would like to know where you got the info from? I switched from RBS to H2Ocean a little while back and my coral continue to look good. Like Kevin said, the Red Sea salt tested different then the H2Ocean salt. From my findings on the few buckets I've used now (from 2 different batches) the test results that I have found are very similar to those listed on the container. If it is just a repackaged salt I would like to know.

[Fauna Marin]

HI

I think you missunderstand me due to my bad english
i talk about Red Sea Coral Pro and there are many salts on the market which make brown corals if you work with a Low nutrition system
This means not this salts have a bad quality.
maybe there have to much Trace elements in which you can only see
if the corals are bright.
In normal Systems you cannot see this
We use long time RSCP in our own systems at the moment we check another
salt to see which is the best in combinaton to the Ultralith System

The tests which i do 6 month ago showed that what i said
Greets claude

[fencer]

Prams Jan 19

Ca...450 ppm
Mg...1400
Potassium....340 mg/l
pH...7.99
dKH.....7.4
Phosphate...less than 0.3ppm
Nitrates....less than 0.2 ppm
Salinity 31 ppt ... a little high will lower
Conductivity.....53.5 mEq
Redox...avg 337 mV( would like it higher)


I would like to review:

Currently I am dosing:

PT 1.........5ml
PT 2.........10ml
PT 3.........10ml
PT 4.........5ml
MinS.......3ml
Bak...........0.5ml
Bio............4 drops every 3 days
zeolite........0.5 l...have not changed yet
Amin...........not dosing
Organic ......not dosing
10% water change/week
Carbon change one / month
Phosphate remover......not using
Claude...
Should I continue this dosing rate?
When should I adjust the power trace dosing(what are my indicators)?

[Fauna Marin]

Hi Fencer

Please use same dosing
reduce the Bio to 4 drops weekly

Did you filtered over carbon ? if yes how much
and which changes ?
Redox is ok Salinity can be better at 34
but iám wondering why you MG and CA is so high ?
greets claude

[fencer]

Hi Claude

Same dosing.
Dropping Bio to 4 drops weekly.
I will raise salinity to 34.

I use one litre of Carbon in a reactor. The reactor sits in the sump and only feeds back into the sump. In other words the carbon filtered water never goes in the main tank directly. The carbon reactor pump flows about 100 l/ hr. As for the Mg and Ca. My Mg has always been high and the Ca is due to the new salt being used. I could slow down the Ca reactor flow. But the Ca has remained constant( I have been testing this every day since I started using the new salt)

[Fauna Marin]

HI Fencer

which kind of carbon you use
what make your corals
greets claude

[fencer]

Hi Claude
I am using Kent Marine Reef Carbon

I am not sure what you are asking, "what make your corals" please clarify
- I have 85 % sps in the tank mostly acropora sp(60%) but also have other sps species in the tank
-any recommendations?

Other notes
1. I have noticed my pod population has dropped drastically
2. I was moving some rock work in the main tank and caused most of the acros to start releasing "slime" into the tank. This was enough toxin released in the tank to cause signifigant tissue loss in the montis, birdsnest and echino. Pollioporas suffered tissue loss to a lesser extent. LESSON: never do aggressive landscaping in the tank when you have a lot of sps.