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  1. ldrhawke

    Hmmm anyone want to talk about this one?? AGAIN

    I'm certainly glad you not getting emotional about this.....:rolleyes: Yes it does.....find substrate simply doesn't allow waste to penetrate as easily , so much more is pulled back into the water column with the water movement. A shallow fine sand bed doesn't biologically process as much as a...
  2. ldrhawke

    Hmmm anyone want to talk about this one?? AGAIN

    I hope that is not a threat..:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
  3. ldrhawke

    Stirring The Bed

    I have never heard that theory. In fact I have heard just the opposite as to getting old substrate periodically from other tanks to help seed new bacteria. I wouldn't hesitate to use an old sand bed that your flushed alot of the old trash out of and then allowed to reestablish settle for a few...
  4. ldrhawke

    Stirring The Bed

    Your observation as to how the ocean can stirup the bottom is right on, but it has a tremendous advantage in volume to dissipate what it releases compared to our small tanks. Get a few Gobies or bottom shifters and they will do the job for you everyday. If you did it regularly and shallow it...
  5. ldrhawke

    Stirring The Bed

    If you continue to rake it on a regular basis it will probably continue to benefit your tank by releasing bacteria and keeping the bed from forming heavy anaerobic pockets. The problem is if you only do it periodically, you risk releasing a lot organic anoxic material into the tank when you do...
  6. ldrhawke

    375 Gallon Project Under Way

    Very very nice.;) What thickness acrylic? The drawing is super. A minor suggestion. If it was me, I would build a large acrylic drip pan to cover the whole bottom of the equipment level and make it's rim a couple of inches high to keep splashes, spills when moving or connection, or minor...
  7. ldrhawke

    Hmmm anyone want to talk about this one?? AGAIN

    > Wave98 :) Thanks for the kind words. So you are RC's BarryHC.....I thought I recognized the interminable argument and prolonged writing style. I give up you win :lol: DSB plenum substrate wasting using your improved plenum design is the answer. When you do build it and use it I am very...
  8. ldrhawke

    Hmmm anyone want to talk about this one?? AGAIN

    Please state exactly why and where your laughed out loud so I better understand what you found so badly flawed.:confused: Most reef tanks I have seen have the powerheads at the top. Designing a tank with a recirculation system so it has heavier flow on the bottom is nice, but few do this...
  9. ldrhawke

    Hmmm anyone want to talk about this one?? AGAIN

    I like substrate too and I was probably one of the most fervent advocates for using DSB's as a biological filter when I first set my system up. I even tried using a unique approach to trying make it work better ......I started the DSB Heresy Thread on RC which was based on an attempt to improve...
  10. ldrhawke

    Hmmm anyone want to talk about this one?? AGAIN

    I cannot open and I'm reposting....sorry if it shows up twice
  11. ldrhawke

    Let's Talk About ~Algae Control~

    NO, NO, Poor control but all tanks saw the same poor control. I think your statements, based on you preferences, were far more politcial in nature than any conclusion reached in the testing. see my full response here (http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12651
  12. ldrhawke

    Hmmm anyone want to talk about this one?? AGAIN

    http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2005/7/aafeature I've read the August thread and all the negative belittling remarks about the Statistical analyses paper. The tests procedures were not perfect and the fact it did not taking into account the temperature swings; he may have used poor methods of...
  13. ldrhawke

    Let's Talk About ~Algae Control~

    I didn't see any political agenda when I read it. I thought the testing procedures were some of the best that I have seen and the techniques were very good, especially when you compare it to the normal seat of the pants opinions often expressed by many of the experts. What is the basis of your...
  14. ldrhawke

    New aquascaping and new tank pics.

    Beautiful....the three column approach is much more natural reef looking than the solid wall. What do you use to glue the coral on? Did you glue the columns together or just stack them? That was a lot of work. Looks like the coral came through the shock with flying colors.
  15. ldrhawke

    Learning as I go

    I agree with everyone else get rid of the biowheels and bioballs. Add some live rock if you haven't already. With a heavy fish load you will probably always have a nitrate problem, but fish are much more tolerant of it. The best device you had for controlling the problem was the Red Sea...
  16. ldrhawke

    Live Rock Saturation?

    I'll bet Moses had a great reef tank, just part the sea and walk out to collect his pick of coral.:badgrin:
  17. ldrhawke

    Let's Talk About ~Algae Control~

    The air does dissolve into the water and helps to keep it saturated, but it is only on for a few minutes a day, so it has very little effect in the big picture. Any skimmer is a far more effective method to keep the water oxygen saturated. I don't believe any reef tank that uses a properly...
  18. ldrhawke

    Let's Talk About ~Algae Control~

    The comments I made in the "Reflections on Hawke's Tank" signature give a description and photos of how it works. The Fine Bubble Flotation Filtration is strictly a physical process, whereas ozone is an oxidation process. They are not the same thing. The idea was is to simulate the natural...
  19. ldrhawke

    Live Rock Saturation?

    Paul, How have you been? I knew your tank was that old, but I thought you might have inherited it. :badgrin: I'm afraid my dead Koi would not agree with your assisment of the aquatic friendliness of chloramines. The whole pond of 16" fish went belly up in minutes when my water dept. over...
  20. ldrhawke

    Live Rock Saturation?

    Isn't that all spelled out in the Sharper Image ad on their air purifier:D
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