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Quote: Originally Posted by clownlover i agree. aiptasia is probably not the way to go and it will be hard to keep it out of ur display. i think people use xenia for this aswell and it might be a better choice. about corals picking up the trace elements before the skimmer, i dont know. to be sure i shut my skimmer off for a bit when i dose ( i dont dose often though). but i have to say i dont do many water changes. once a month 10% or so. i have a dentritrator on my system, as well as a uv steralizer a tiny fuge and plenty of live rock. i like the natural approach i think.

people who use xenia use it to absorb dissolved nitrogens in situ, I want to use aip to capture particles before they breakdown into soluble components.

the way to prevent it spreading back into the display would be with a very HIGH powered UV on the return line at a very slow rate of flow therefore killing any cells or offspring that could cause an infestation in the tank.

I'm obviously going to have to do some research to figure out how much exposure to UV it will take to completly eliminate the risk of it spreading back into the tank.

aip as a filtration is not a novel Idea I believe Anthony Calfo mentions it in one of his books (at least I think it was Calfo I'll double check that I dont want to misquote) let me check my reference books and I'll get back on that.