Just Curious BigE. Have you seen your "Confetti" for sale anywhere else? The colony I have is extremely unique. I have never seen another like it anywhere, myself.
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I am curious how you use vinegar and microbactor 7? Can you please explain? I understand it is a form of carbon dosing but are you adding at the same time? Or do you just use microbactor 7 once a week and then vinegar daily? Just trying to learn a bit more about this. I did see Sunnys write up on it but did not see anything about acutally adding bacteria, just using what is in your tank already.
I just ordered coral plus bulbs (I only had purples). I’m excited to replicate your system!
Can I please see a new FTS?
Do you turn your skimmer off for a period everyday then when you dose MB7?
I’ll be waitingI'll get some pics taken soon and post them up.
No, I run the skimmer 24/7.
Hi Ed,Hi Justin,
If possible I like to just use a skimmer as my only export. Back when we had the bigger skimmers and the external types you could keep P04 and N03 in check with just that and nothing else.
I used a huge Deltec AP750 on my 160g system for a good ten years like this. It was rated for 500g.
Now a days the skimmers suck in comparison as they are all designed to fit nicely under a cabinent at the expense of performance. Right now I use an Aquamaxx Cs 3. It's rated for about 400 gallons and my system is 90g total. It's does well but I have had to run GFO full time or on occasion based on my fish population and feeding.
Over the years I've experimented with carbon dosing because GFO isn't my favorite option. I used vinegar only for two years and also tried Tropic Marins bacto balance for 2 years on my frag tank. The problems were still always the P04 would creep up.
I started to use an old homemade formula recently of MB7 and vinegar that SunnyX (he used vodka) made popular years ago. I wanted to add this as I have and still will experiment with carbon dosing as I like it as an option because I can control it per dosing amounts.
Sorry, I missed this
Would love to see a new FTS. Your tank is an inspiration.