Very nice selection of kit there!!! Im sure SA reef keepers with love the quality, our products do what they say on the tin, nice eye candy too lol.
Regards Tony
Hi all
A wash in fresh water will probably knock the bacteria for six so you'll probably be looking for a restart. A wash in old tank water would be best but not the end of the world as it just means waiting a while for the bacteria to colonise the media again.
Flow through the pellets is...
Hi Dewald
Nitrate reduction takes place in a low oxygen environment. There is some argument that Nitrate reduction can take place in aerobic environments but this isn’t my understanding. The science involved is a bit tricky and I don’t propose to know exactly what is going on as my science...
Hi Riann
As the water flow though the reactor will be quite fast then the effect on net Ph will be very minor.Coupled with this is the fact that the bacteria are only consuming O2 locally. Any CO2 produced via respiration will quickly come into equilibrium with atmospheric CO2 if gas exchange...
Hi
The bacterial films are so over driven that the bacteria on the surface of the pellet strip / use oxygen rapidly as conditions are ideal for optimum cell growth, this provides a low oxygen enviroment for a second anearobic film to exist under the aerobic layer.
regards Tony:)
Hi ADVdiver
The number of watts used as watts/L could be a bit of a sketchy ratio to use as it doesnt take into account the depth of the aquarium.A very shallow aquarium may get by on fewer tubes and still retain decent PAR at the sand bed for instance. 1 watt per L isnt a bad place to start...
Hi peeps
The midday can be very effective when balancing output but on tube set up's of around 6 tubes or less it can become a little dominant giving the aquarium a yellow colour cast as mentioned. As sea water in a natural setting tends to filter out the yellow spectrum a home reef maybe left...
Some excellent advice above, in addition.
Products such as some carbons,chemical additives,foods etc can affect the water surface tension. This is usually temporary but if a food for instance is very oily the oils can collect at the water to air interface of each bubble causing the foam to...
Hi Keith
1)This really depends on the present feeding regime; if you already feed well then extra feedings shouldn’t be required. Bleaching events usually occur due to nutrient free fall from higher than desirable levels. SPS are usually the first to suffer as in nature they turn to pray...
As D-D market pellets under our Nutri-pellets product id like to add a few comments if this is o.k.
With regards to the smell of Hydrogen sulphide after the unit has been turned off for some time this is probably due to the fact that the pellet environment runs at an accelerated bacterial...
Hi all
Just a quick bit of info about the apparant drop in PAR due the the Matrix units having no fans compared to other brands. Rest assured that Giesemann develop their units to provide superb PAR output from their T5 tubes.
The Matrix units include passive cooling rather than using fans...
Hiya NJ, hope you are well and thanks for your continued support.
This will always be a problem with regards to importing directly from a Deltec reseller in Germany over supporting a dealer network on home soil. It can also be false economy once import duties and lack of local support are taken...
Hi
I have always run the outlet into a coarse sponge , Deltec do supply a kit with one in but you can easily mod your own from a foam/sponge block from your LFS.
Pic of sponge in the kit is on the DD website
Deltec Protein Skimmers | Deltec Skimmers | The Aquarium Solution
The sponge will...
Hi Slims
For best performance set the water level in the skimmer with the air pump turned off. Set the level of water just under the cup bayonet fitting on the body. Set the air to between 1-2 oclock, this should give you best skim when the skimmer has settled which can take a couple of weeks...
Hi
The apf600 needs around 1000-1200l feed, the water without air should sit just under the cup bayonet when the feed is set right.
Running the outflow to the return section is recommended to prevent reskimming of clean water so that would be a good move.
Great pics peeps, some real muck being...
The design on that skimmer looks familiar lmao. Not sure on the pumps though, the fact that it uses the older air flow taps doesnt bode well, the newer style Deltec pumps wouldnt run properly with those on due to the amount of air they pull.
Spooky yes...
You dont have to set up the carbon dosing automatically, you could and can dose with a syringe into a dosing port. The down side is that you may not have enough time on your hands to spread dosing evenly over the day but it can be done with a split dose morning and night. This might not be as...
Just to correct Schyffs very slightly(sorry Schyffs:)) the deltec reactors are fed the carbon source via an external dosing method.This can be done manually via a syringe or small dosing pump on a timer. This gives greater control over the amount of carbon available to the bacteria so the...
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