A new filtration method

[allan]

Ugh... I can try. Hold on.

[allan]

On his left. Looks better now.





Not very good with the phone.

[BSJF]

You guys are a hoot! I usually run activated carbon, RINSED very well. I'm too lazy to read the article so thanks for the cliff notes! I believe (not a scientist so I don't have to prove it to believe it) that it is more nutrition based than anything. You have to remember that running carbon can strip nutrients from the water that may be needed by the fish, and the lack of these nutrients could be the cause as well. I would have liked to see what happened to the 3rd tank after the study if carbon was introduced to that tank. And for the record, this HAS been around for years, and years, and years - this is not new. Erik, I haven't heard of immediate HLLE as a result of adding carbon, so your results surprise me.

I'm so glad Allan has clean water now so we could have this chat!

[CoryDude]

Erik, I haven't heard of immediate HLLE as a result of adding carbon, so your results surprise me.

I'm so glad Allan has clean water now so we could have this chat!

++ on both of those points. Allen, I know you're a big guy, but are your hands/fingers really that big, or is that tang that small?

[BSJF]

Ouch!

Allen, HLLE is typically seen in the head area first, but can be anywhere along the lateral line. I can't tell from your pic what spot you are talking about, so can't answer it.

[allan]

I always thought the tang was pretty big, my hands only look big because the water is magnifying them :/

It actually looks like an irritation of sorts, but it gave me an "uh oh" moment in light of the two threads. The tang in question, to include the hippo, are routinely bumping into something and have broken enough coral that most often I try not to feed them in that area.

Perhaps my kid can earn her keep and snap a picture or two.

[CoryDude]

Dang it Allan, I was just trying to setup the "you know what they say about a man with big hands" joke.

Sounds to me he's just getting scraped up flying through the rocks. Seen a few threads on RC about the same issue.

[ErikH]

If you have enough carbon and enough dust, the results come on fast. It was the only thing changed in my setup in almost a year. I was very suprised at the time frame and onset of HLLE.

[ErikH]

I would just like to see another mature setup with no issues all of the sudden break out with HLLE, without the introduction of carbon. That's a link you just wont find.

[allan]

I was very surprised by how little dust was present.

I did a five gallon water change through the reactor but it was running clear after about a cup or two.

Cory, the rumors are true; it's near impossible for me to find gloves that fit.