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  1. ethanriley

    Polyp Extension = Happy Corals?

    Nikki I went back to this orignal thought Extended Polyps= Happy corals and relying on my experiences with snorkeling both at night and in the day in the Bahamas came up with the hypothesis that coral extension doesn't necessarily indicate happiness but it IMO does indicate the following: 1)...
  2. ethanriley

    Stirring The Bed

    Oh I did forget to mention when I dismantled I did blow off my rock heavily with a power head and when I drained off all the water I left enough in the bottom of the tank to properly stir all the muck acumulated in the sand into solution which i promptly siphoned off and disgarded
  3. ethanriley

    Stirring The Bed

    I hope I am not stirring the pot by starting this one, but after recently four months ago taking down my tank to rearrange and reusing my sand bed I had several reactions: 1) Yes I did get a cyno bloom, but several small water changes later over a period of two weeks and one 48 hour dose of...
  4. ethanriley

    A Large Frag

    :mad: :( I cant open the picture. I wanna see:D
  5. ethanriley

    Krish's Bahamian inspired 90 gal

    ;) My BOOY Krish! Get ready for the new thread guys your not going to believe it, but i won't steal Krish's thunder:D
  6. ethanriley

    Krish's Bahamian inspired 90 gal

    that calculator is VERY helpful. EEEK Chrish don't take it down again this thread may end up two hundred pages long! My perfectionist friend how I love him LOL. Just so you guys know the pictures don't do his tank justice. The stand is really gorgeous, but the light in the photo doesn't lend...
  7. ethanriley

    Growth spurt associated w/ cyano bloom?

    Doesn't sound insane to me I did EXACTLY the same thing and it was the only thing that brought my cyno under control. I do it now as part of my routine maintenance twice a month even rotating the substrate from my fuge to the main tank when I siphon off and I notice great polyp extension...
  8. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    Paul you use natural sea water?
  9. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNKYOUUUUUU Did I say thank you very much:lol:
  10. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    Boomer what in your opinion based on this statement are the elements we should be supplementing? I know this outside the topic but give me a quick answer.
  11. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    Paul just a note on your tank since I plan to emulate it with the "algae filter". The pressure you put on our rock as a filter is significantly reduced by the algae filter you said so ourself in a previous thread which is what so intrigued me in the first place. You noted you had no algae...
  12. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    No everything chemical is not biological unless i misunderstand there are many reactions that occur chemically without a biological catylyst. Changes in concentrations cause precipitations that are not necessarily driven by a biological agent. The relationship I was attempting to establish...
  13. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    Excellent thread guys. John I notied in your gallery that you run a DSB I estimated at least 5" with the piece of large rock did you place it before or after you put in the sand. A good questin wuld also be how do you maintain paremeters what do you supplement. Honestly I am in the same boat...
  14. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    "those who only walk where they see others footsteps never make new discoveries"
  15. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    I would be interested to hear what drastic steps some of the big reefers do take?????? I like unorthodox methods because that is how one creates new ideas and the purpose I believe behind these forums are to have constructive debates over what may possibly achieve better results. I never ask...
  16. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    LOL I enjoy the dry wit. Again I am not saying that "they" do but it doesn't make them right and Nikki wrong. It is just a different approach me thinks LOL. Just try and boil one small piece of live rock you will be AMAZED at the number of pores that unclog in the rock. Similar priniciple to...
  17. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    On another note bacteria whether good or bad cannot multiply to effective levels as you so accurately pointed out unless conditions for growth allow for them to multiply (ie. PH, temperature, food sources, oxygen or carbon dioxide depending on what type of bacteria to which you refer. Heres a...
  18. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    John yet again I don't disagree with what you said when it is used in context. No one is insinuatating that as soon as you get live rock in boil it and kill everything on it. Read the title of the thread LIVE ROCK SATURATION. By its very nature we are talking about a MATURE tank one that has...
  19. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    Does anyone know the formula for the chemical reaction between live rock and corraline when the corraline adheres to the rock? There must be a chemical reaction occurring. It would be interesting to see if phosphate in the rock which is released through boiling drops to such an extent it...
  20. ethanriley

    Live Rock Saturation?

    By unclogging the pores (saturated portions) you no doubt are increasing the surface area for beneficial bacteria and thus improving your nitrogen cycle
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