Recent content by MDBentley

I'm not sure if it is carbon , the skimmer (watch it go banannas if you add Iodide to your sump), or both. Iodide has quite a short life once exposed to light too. In any event Iodide seems to disappear at about the rate I add it to my tank. I dose daily - you may need to too. I did use...

I've read about using Mangroves and have decided to give using them a go. My tank is 150 gal with Nitrate at something slightly under 10ppm. Today, I've floated 15 small Mangrove plants in my sump. Over the sump I've installed a single 18w Trinton tube. The tube has a reflector and is quite...

The problem is the difficulty in taking the tank apart. It's very time consuming indeed to take a tank apart. The cost of paying someone to do this will definetly exceed the cost of buying a new tank. I've twice removed single panes from tanks - neither experience left me with a feeling I...

I've similar refelctors and they have lasted for years with no ill effects.

Could be low iodide - leathers have a habbit of staying closed and get very limp in this situation. They will spring back to life really quickly when this is fixed - maybe even the same day. Iodide is removed very efficently by skimming so you can get into a low Iodide situation very quickly...