Sulfur Media where are you???

Feet4Fish · Nov 23, 2019

I might have missed the memo, but why is it so hard to find sulfur media now?

ca1ore · Nov 23, 2019

Just no demand in the hobby anymore. I’ve not used it personally, having hoarded a bunch of LSM, I believe this is the same stuff ....

Feet4Fish · Nov 23, 2019

Thanks Simon! I was hoping to hear from you on this one. I am putting finishing touches on my new big fish only and intend on using a denitrator as part of the bio filtration. Also have an ETS Skimmer and an ATS of your design. Are you liking the compliment of your ATS and sulfur denitrator? I know you have a huge bio load so think your system is a great test for any nutrient export method. I am setting up a 650 FOWLR.

ca1ore · Nov 23, 2019

You changed your username ..... that’s cheating LOL.

Sulfur denitrator has been awesome. Ripped the nitrates out of my system. Closing in on 80 six weeks ago, now down below 5. May actually have gone down too fast as I had a couple of SPS colonies go RTN on me. Need to check on phosphates to see where those are.

The other interesting thing is that as nitrates climbed my chaeto mostly stopped growing. It didn’t die, just sat there. Sort of wierd, I would have thought higher nutrients would spur growth. Now that nitrates are down the chaeto shows some initial signs of perking up.

Feet4Fish · Nov 23, 2019

ca1ore said:
You changed your username ..... that’s cheating LOL.

Sulfur denitrator has been awesome. Ripped the nitrates out of my system. Closing in on 80 six weeks ago, now down below 5. May actually have gone down too fast as I had a couple of SPS colonies go RTN on me. Need to check on phosphates to see where those are.

The other interesting thing is that as nitrates climbed my chaeto mostly stopped growing. It didn’t die, just sat there. Sort of wierd, I would have thought higher nutrients would spur growth. Now that nitrates are down the chaeto shows some initial signs of perking up.

Yep. Changed username to match YouTube name. Have this insane idea to create a channel that focuses on fish and how to help them thrive....tank set ups, husbandry, nutrition, immune system, collection practices and regional variants. Not much actually out there on fish on YouTube. Will see if I can make the time to do it!

Interested to see how PO4 reacts. Bill said that once nitrates are used up the bacteria will metabolize phosphates.

ca1ore · Nov 23, 2019

Feet4Fish said:
Interested to see how PO4 reacts. Bill said that once nitrates are used up the bacteria will metabolize phosphates.

Hmmn, not so sure about that. I’ve never read that po4 is affected.

Feet4Fish · Nov 23, 2019

ca1ore said:
Hmmn, not so sure about that. I’ve never read that po4 is affected.

I haven't seen it anywhere either but on a YouTube video Bill made that statement. It is on the Afishiando channel if you are interested, It is a reefapooza video from a few years back.

ca1ore · Dec 9, 2019

Took a few measurements this weekend. Nitrate has dropped to the point that it is undetectable. Phosphates are unaffected. Not sure where Bill came up with the idea, but it appears to not be true - at least, not on my system.

Feet4Fish · Dec 9, 2019

I have no idea either. Maybe just to push sales?! Will keep the idea of throwing a denitrator on my system as the fish mature if the ATS can’t keep up. Thanks for the update!

blfuller123 · Jan 25, 2020

Is anyone using the media sold from amazon in the link that was posted? Seems like there is still no media available.

ca1ore · Jan 25, 2020

I had posted that link but have not used it myself. I do recall somebody saying they’d used it, but I cannot recall where I read it. Maybe search here or on RC.

Thespammailaccount · Jan 25, 2020

Marine depot sells a reactor with the sulfur and coral media and a pump or without a pump if you need everything and not doing it diy

greg 45 · Jan 25, 2020

Have you checked the po4 out of the reactor

ca1ore said:
Took a few measurements this weekend. Nitrate has dropped to the point that it is undetectable. Phosphates are unaffected. Not sure where Bill came up with the idea, but it appears to not be true - at least, not on my system.

blfuller123 · Jan 25, 2020

Thespammailaccount said:
Marine depot sells a reactor with the sulfur and coral media and a pump or without a pump if you need everything and not doing it diy

I have the reactor, just need the media.

ca1ore · Jan 25, 2020

greg 45 said:
Have you checked the po4 out of the reactor

Yes, largely unaffected. Did you find that it reduced PO4?

greg 45 · Jan 26, 2020

ca1ore said:
Yes, largely unaffected. Did you find that it reduced PO4?
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Not sure that's why i was asking . It was a while ago and I used the media that was sent with reactor . It was supposed to be a German based media , then switched to carrib sea who also sells sulfur media.