OK, seriously. Nothing wrong with that way but I still think that the idea
of a completely manipulatable (is that a word) system can be very valuable,
especially for quarantine where you need to control water and chemicals. If
it is a system that you want to keep stable with no expectations of water
control, then by all means use all they bio blab stuff he is talking about.
Sorry Todd, can't argue with you any more. I am off to the Pacific
Northwest for a week and a half.
Till my return from the land of Atlantic salmon...........
Nick Zarlinga
"If we ignore nature.....maybe it'll go away."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Crail" <farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA--Filters, 1/2 full large round tanks
> Okay thought about this a little bit more... What would be _really_
> interesting is setting up the various tubs with different configurations
and
> running a bit of a diagnostic on them as you're accomplishing what you had
> originally intended to do. I don't intend to make more work for you...
It'd
> just be cool :)
>
> What I don't like about bioballs is... They have this tendancy to
> conglomerate detritus in a completely aerobic fashion, without any chance
of
> compaction into anaerobic situations where the trapped detritus _might_ be
> of some use. By the time that happened, the nitrate wastes in the system
> would be so high, there'd be no point in keeping fish :) The towers also
> seem to blow off a lot of _useful_ CO2 that can translate into plant
cells,
> which again, translates into more biologically active surface area,
> additional nitrogen conventered into plant matter and etc on ad nauseum.
> I'll just stop there cause if I haven't gotten this whole point across,
> there's no sense in repeating it :)
>
> I'm now reneging on the idea of the mechanical removal of detritus weekly.
> Again, you've already placed effort or expense in creating that
detritus...
> There's a bunch of biologically available export mechanisms to make use of
> it, instead of waste it.
>
> I won't even start on the economic realities that you might have with the
> plant product... "Poop for Dollars" might express that idea well enough
> heeheehee
>
> And what's even cooler than that... I was just laying in bed thinking
about
> all this and I might someday soon have the opportunity to get someone to
pay
> me to play these kinds of games, and think these kinds of thoughts, and
> space where I don't get told "you can only have three tanks Todd". Does
the
> University realize what they're getting themselves into? ;)
>
> Okay enough time typing at the mistress... Back to the wife....
>
> Todd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Todd Crail" <farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:48 PM
> Subject: Re: NANFA--Filters, 1/2 full large round tanks
>
>
> > Yeah. I'm not sure what the implications are on quarantine. You'd
> > definately want to skip on the multi-system if quarantine is necessary.
> But
> > I have to believe that there's less chance to give the conditions for
> > disease to manifest with a much more stable system. I don't "cycle"
> > anymore. I haven't seen manifestations of Ammonia or Nitrite in a year
> now
> > :) It's _certainly_ there, but gets utilized so fast you can't detect
> it.
> >
> > Even if you wanted to start sterile, you're going to have about a
> bazillion
> > more times surface area in sand than in those bio-flaws. And there
> > certainly no reason you couldn't put a mechanical filter into the
overflow
> > into a live sand sump. Sajjad's idea about Carex is an awesome one. If
I
> > were doing large systems, I'd incorporate that in a heartbeat! You
could
> do
> > two studies at once! :)
> >
> > Another thing you might want to look into is one of those portable pool
> > mechanical filters. They have an intake hose, a 1 hp pump and it pulls
it
> > all through a sediment filter. My friend Joy cures her live rock in
this
> > manner. 300 gal livestock tubs, dumps in the rock and then blasts it
with
> > this filter to get all the dead sponge off. If you had a smaller scale
> one
> > of these, you could drop it on once a week to the "living quarters" and
> > really get a bunch of crap out.
> >
> > I was trying to find some pictures of her shop and setup, but I'm not
> > finding them. I'll have to look on my backup CD's. Shane, do you have
> any
> > pics of Harbor online? It's a pretty neat setup and sooooo dang cheap
to
> do
> > :)
> >
> > Todd
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