lduncan Posted December 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 OK Layton, that's fine. You just carry on. But just for anybody elses info, I stand by the dangerously low phosphate levels I gave, Layton is wrong. I am talking about a tank, not, as Layton claims, a reef. In a reef, neither of these extreme levels would ever be likely to eventuate. In a tank, a sudden drop in Po4, from 3.00, to 0.003, without supplementary feeding, is EXTREMELY likely to lead to TN. And Layton, go ahead. Get the last word. I cannot be bothered refuting every bit of crap I see written, I'll just say reader beware. You think that just because the corals are moved from the ocean to a glass box, the nutrient condition requirements they have evolved to live under changes? You have absolutely no proof, nor even evidence of this. It's pure rubbish. I dare you to find one reputable source which agrees with this. Photobarry of RC disagrees with you. They plunge RTN'ing corals from high nutrient tanks into low nutrient seawater flow though tanks to stop RTN in it's tracks. How is that consistent with what you say? Coral researchers disagree with you absolutely, yet you still stand by that statement? Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 You think that just because the corals are moved from the ocean to a glass box, the nutrient condition requirements they have evolved to live under changes? Layton Layton, think plankton. And dude, - move on. You may have the last word. ( For now ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted December 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Layton, think plankton. And dude, - move on. You may have the last word. ( For now ) Again you don't understand the values you are giving mean. And the values which occur in a reef actually are. You have absolutely no evidence or proof of this. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEOvitANZ Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Now I remember why i don't visit this forum :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 I'm quite happy to show people my tank. Nor am I ashamed of it. then do and stop farting around with some other arguement about something, somebody or what ever you can find to change the subject. come on we haven't seen much that comes out of CHCH (sorry except joeblog) and with that even you would have to agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 lets move on guys. Lets just talk about my new reef tank (i wish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 lets move on guys. Agreed! Didn't really mean to get anyones feathers ruffled anyways. How about telling us a bit about that tank Reef? It's certainly one of the nicest I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Not as big as this puppy though! First you stick fish, rock, & everything in, then, you figure out how to get it into place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 wasp thats probably the worst way ive yet seen to display a tank.. that tank up above is some italian guys that doses the growth homones or something Marco Rossi or something like that i think its somewhere on www.acquaportal.it i got a pm from a guy on there yesterday that knew someone that moved to NZ 5 years ago and wondered if i knew him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 You cant even hardly see the fish. Stupid idea i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 het wasp i think this is a more appropriate way to show case your corals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 is there a tank inside the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jimmy Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 No picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 bugger. cant get that one to work, yes there the inside is a tank, not a very nice one but still a tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 oh well just have alook on here http://www.das-korallenriff.de/wissenswertes/interzoo04.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 That jelly fish tank is cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted December 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2005 I checked the vials I performed the nitrate test in yesterday, none of them had developed any pink overnight. I also did another test this morning to make sure. Still undetectable. I really didn't expect to see much change for several weeks. I have noticed a small covering of micro algae on isolated areas of particular rocks in the last week. Probably a sign of denitrifying bacteria migrating phosphate to the surface of the rock, ie detritus production (rock shedding). It's mostly on a couple of newly introduced base rocks, but there is some on some older rocks at the back. Also noticed a lot of bubbles on the rocks, everywhere. I need some more streams I think, three more should do nicely. Now to find the money... Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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