https://reefbuilders.com/2017/05/27/old-tank-syndrome-revisited/
Pro article on old tank syndrome
how many key terms and actions from that article and comments section reinforce our sand rinse thread here
We have beaten old tank syndrome in pico reefing. Check nr.com
the only thing keeping full sized tankers from the same outcome is the size and access differences among tanks. where we can do complete action X in a pico packed full of coral, the large tanker is usually restricted to smaller increments of work which simply don't remove waste as thorough. a partial water change isn't the same export as a full water change, with another, back to back. that kind of access makes a real difference.
Beating old tank syndrome is easier in a pico reef due to sizing...it takes decades for larger tanks to register eutrophication than it does a reef of one or two gallons.
any arrangement someone wants to speed test will reveal results in just a few years on a pico reef, set up mini models to earn nitrate reduction or total mineralization at the bottom dredge layers and you'll be posting new ground.
Maritza the vase reef deserves special credit here. That vase reef does take on detritus, it's old for a pico reef and this goes to show breaking the rules is truly the only forward to the science
That micro reef is dosed with bacteria on a repeated basis... small doses, ill find the type soon in online articles and this mix quite likely digests detritus vs letting it compile. MVR doesn't do disassembly cleaning...innovates the OTS rule set, it's still the large water change approach (there always a work mechanism in the older OTS proof tanks) with internal breakdown of detritus, assisted by sludge digesting bacteria (similar action to prodibo and mb7 etc from what I associate the action)
Pro article on old tank syndrome
how many key terms and actions from that article and comments section reinforce our sand rinse thread here
We have beaten old tank syndrome in pico reefing. Check nr.com
the only thing keeping full sized tankers from the same outcome is the size and access differences among tanks. where we can do complete action X in a pico packed full of coral, the large tanker is usually restricted to smaller increments of work which simply don't remove waste as thorough. a partial water change isn't the same export as a full water change, with another, back to back. that kind of access makes a real difference.
Beating old tank syndrome is easier in a pico reef due to sizing...it takes decades for larger tanks to register eutrophication than it does a reef of one or two gallons.
any arrangement someone wants to speed test will reveal results in just a few years on a pico reef, set up mini models to earn nitrate reduction or total mineralization at the bottom dredge layers and you'll be posting new ground.
Maritza the vase reef deserves special credit here. That vase reef does take on detritus, it's old for a pico reef and this goes to show breaking the rules is truly the only forward to the science
That micro reef is dosed with bacteria on a repeated basis... small doses, ill find the type soon in online articles and this mix quite likely digests detritus vs letting it compile. MVR doesn't do disassembly cleaning...innovates the OTS rule set, it's still the large water change approach (there always a work mechanism in the older OTS proof tanks) with internal breakdown of detritus, assisted by sludge digesting bacteria (similar action to prodibo and mb7 etc from what I associate the action)
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