This is what can happen....

[Charlie’s Frags]

I believe @jda and I have 2 completely different objectives. I have a very small tank, 50g, and care more about low mortality, color, and PE. Fast growth would be a bonus but I’m not going to risk killing anything by over stripping the water, which I believe makes stressing events like parameters swings exponentially worse. My parameters swing quite a bit with almost zero consequences. I’ve lost a few pieces here and there but most ppl do. Anyone that says otherwise is lying to you.

Where was I….oh yeah. I don’t care about fast growth. I sell frags from time to time but I do more trading than anything. Trading is what makes it fun for me….


Btw….I don’t need/want anymore Tenuis. I’m only interested in speciosa’s now.

@jda rebuttal should be fun…for all of us. It’ll probably be tomorrow though. He likes to “think….and then think some more”

 

[Doctor Derp]

Is it weird that my po4 drops, significantly, when my skimmer off for a couple days?
Friday

Just now

I would think your skimmer is keeping bacterial load lower while running, and you're seeing a spike in consumption based upon much higher bioload in your water column. Same principle as cutting off skimmer and uv when dosing bacteria.

 

[Jeffcb]

Thanks @revhtree

Off topic question
How come we can’t see who all is viewing threads anymore

I think it was because of acro polyp stalkers....

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

I would think your skimmer is keeping bacterial load lower while running, and you're seeing a spike in consumption based upon much higher bioload in your water column. Same principle as cutting off skimmer and uv when dosing bacteria.

Sooo, don’t use a skimmer if you want to lower Po4?

 

[Doctor Derp]

Sooo, don’t use a skimmer if you want to lower Po4?

Sure. The issue is all of the crap that isn't Po4 that you're now leaving in the water column, as well as vastly reduced gas exchange.

 

[njreefkeeper]

if you forget to turn your flow back on

holy hairy armpits batman!

Such sweet and fuzzy sticks

 

[ReefRondo]

May be a silly question but I’ve noticed recently people mounting frags on the stem of their plugs instead of the tops. What is the reason for this?

 

[TnFishwater98]

May be a silly question but I’ve noticed recently people mounting frags on the stem of their plugs instead of the tops. What is the reason for this?

Not silly…I’ve never seen it until you pointed it out. My first thoughts are better flow but I’m not a expert by any means…

 

[ReefRondo]

I’d love to know the reason for it. Are they then glued to one the correct way up to fit into a frag rack? This then means 2 plugs per frag which increases cost.

 

[TnFishwater98]

I’d love to know the reason for it. Are they then glued to one the correct way up to fit into a frag rack? This then means 2 plugs per frag which increases cost.

You could go it that way looks like those were just sitting or glued plate facing down on some LR. I’m sure they will fill us in tomorrow or late night

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

May be a silly question but I’ve noticed recently people mounting frags on the stem of their plugs instead of the tops. What is the reason for this?

I remount every frag that I get in and started doing it like this bc it holds better this way and frankly looks better than the traditional look. I use to cut the stem off or just glue them to rubble rock but for some reason that way takes forever for them to encrust. We’ll see if this way leads to faster growth.

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

I’d love to know the reason for it. Are they then glued to one the correct way up to fit into a frag rack? This then means 2 plugs per frag which increases cost.

I only do this for my display or grow outs.