Water changes too frequent

[Anonymous]

I agree lord. It was a simple water change thread andit did generate.

So sticking to just water changes and to repeat water changes will never maintain anything in the tank. It will slow down changes but not reverse trends. Something else must remove excesses from those things increasing or add to the things being depleted.
What is important if how you manage those things. Lowering the excesses and dosing the depletion will still be necessary. That is what is important. When that is accomplished then the system can run for years and years. And water changes are secondary to those processes.

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a:water changes can eliminate any excess variable, (for all practical purposes-a wc not being able to reach true zero is irrelevant and immaterial) provided they're done properly, in spite of your mathematical beliefs :lol:


b: you still ignore the FACT that algaes are not a universal sponge, and you provide no solution to deal with the waste products the macros themselves either produce, or don't deal with


:roll:

 

[polcat]

Given the era of this method,....oil lamps. And if you have a spill the plants will filter it out.

 

[Anonymous]

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a:water changes can eliminate any excess variable, (for all practical purposes-a wc not being able to reach true zero is irrelevant and immaterial) provided they're done properly, in spite of your mathematical beliefs


b: you still ignore the FACT that algaes are not a universal sponge, and you provide no solution to deal with the waste products the macros themselves either produce, or don't deal with

THANKS VITZ! This is precisely what I have said...See this pattern though...Selective hearing(reading)...He's definetely married...

 

[HClH2OFish]

Moonlights on a keychain???

 

[Anonymous]

BTW what does PLB stand for?

 

[Anonymous]

BTW what does PLB stand for?

yeah.. someone answer him so i don't have to ask too.

 

[coralfarmin]

plant life bob
I'd guess

 

[ChrisRD]

If you are striving for a nutrient starved environment, such as an SPS tank, then having any plant life survive indicates you already have a problem.

Bingo! :wink:

I took my fuge off-line because all the macros actually starved due to lack of nutrients, so it's not futile my friend.

This has happened to many people who run a low nutrient system. Bob just doesn't have experience with this type of setup, so he doesn't consider this in his "theories".

 

[ChrisRD]

plant life bob
I'd guess

Yup. :wink:

 

[coralfarmin]

I think he should write a book, since he thinks he's found something thousands of reefers before him could not figure out, with all their high IQ's combined as well as experiance, I think he is a nice seeming guy and I hate to jump on the petty bandwagon, but he is a little to much, with his lame tank shots of what most peoples fuge looks like.

I'm not saying his tank is not stable as he states since it may very well be, but to assume that everyones tap water and bio load would be the same as his is just crazy, I think he just likes the attention you guys give and feeds into all the drama.

If I had a tank lookin like that for everyone to see in my house, my wife would ***** constantly till I got rid of the thing.But to each his own and if he is proud of it so be it.

But he really should wake up and realize that the cumalitive knowlege of everyone in this tread that is telling him he is misleading laymen, has to be more than what he has himself.

but if he thinks his knowledge is greater than ALL in this and others threads combined then mabey there is another underlying problem,........

but agin if I were you bob and you want to prove how great your methods are then show us all better weekly pic's with some clams and and mabey some acro stags that survive over 30 days in that sespool lookin tank.

or are you scared they will die and you would just have wasted more money than the whole system is worth

agin bob I am sorry to jump on the petty bandwagon, but you are just a little much

almost forgot..all the above is just IMO