Thinking about triton

Francoreef · Nov 8, 2017

Hey guys i to am tired of water changes and was interested in trtion.

Sadly i do not have enough room for a fuge tha is 20% my tank volume being that i have a 60 cube and everything must fit in the sump.

Is there anyone here using the triton 7 elements for other methods?
How is it going for you ?
what exactly is your set up?
Are you really not doing any water changes?
and do you see any changes in the animals?

Bouncingsoul39 · Nov 8, 2017

If you really don't want to do water changes and don't have the ability to meet the Triton Method guidelines you can do the following: skim wet, dose B-Ionic 2 part (contains trace in balanced amounts) + Mag supplement of your choice, run a Chaeto reactor, do the ICP testing and adjust any trace elements as needed. There's really not a need to meet some arbitrarily rigid "method" requirements for accomplishing your hobby goals.

Mrx7899 · Nov 8, 2017

Look into ATI Essentials no water changes and you don't need a fudge I've been running it for about a month now and everything is looking really good. I'm not running a refugium

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 8, 2017

Mrx7899 said:
Look into ATI Essentials no water changes and you don't need a fudge I've been running it for about a month now and everything is looking really good. I'm not running a refugium

How do you export N and P?

Mrx7899 · Nov 8, 2017

Tank always tests 0 for phosphate and nitrate don't run carbon or gfo either. I have to dose reef roids everyday or I'll start to lose color in my sps. I just skim dry and have Marine pure block

Mrx7899 · Nov 8, 2017

I ran a refugium for a while but but nothing would ever grow so I just shut it down. Stopped doing water changes about 4 months ago and the tank has really taken off growth has been better coloration been better so I started running ATI Essentials for Trace elements

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 8, 2017

The marine pure is driving nutrients very low, maybe too low.

A possible impediment to doing a Triton type method, is that you are not exporting metals the way algae does, so may have a harder time keeping trace elements from rising.

David Cher · Nov 8, 2017

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
The marine pure is driving nutrients very low, maybe too low.

A possible impediment to doing a Triton type method, is that you are not exporting metals the way algae does, so may have a harder time keeping trace elements from rising.

i have been running marine pure with zeovit . the body of the sps kept getting alage although my no3 is at 5ppm and po4 is at 0.06ppm . running radion using ab+ at 60%

the corals are pale in colour and the greens in the ssc have dropped .

Any idea?

Cory · Nov 20, 2017

David Cher said:
i have been running marine pure with zeovit . the body of the sps kept getting alage although my no3 is at 5ppm and po4 is at 0.06ppm . running radion using ab+ at 60%

the corals are pale in colour and the greens in the ssc have dropped .

Any idea?

I think this is because of carbon dosing or low potassium.