 Coral Chips and Nitrates, In Sump Tank, NO3 |
| GoldfisHub |
 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 4:13 pm
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Hi Guys,
I am in the mist of setting a goldfish tank, for the sump tank, I intend to place lots of coral chips so that I can achieve the effect as in the marine tank and hopefully that can get rid of NO3. However, with lots of coral chips, will it affect the water condition and hence affect the grooming of goldfish, like pH, Calcium not sure what else. Anyone has any experience or thoughts to share? |
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| The Matrix |
Fri, 07 Apr 2006 9:06 pm
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QUOTE(GoldfisHub @ Fri, 07 Apr 2006 4:13 pm) Hi Guys, I am in the mist of setting a goldfish tank, for the sump tank, I intend to place lots of coral chips so that I can achieve the effect as in the marine tank and hopefully that can get rid of NO3. However, with lots of coral chips, will it affect the water condition and hence affect the grooming of goldfish, like pH, Calcium not sure what else. Anyone has any experience or thoughts to share?  Calcium increase your gH. Coral is not easy to "dissolve", probably takes years to do so. The chemical breaking down from the coral will help you buffer your kH and gH. Dun expect it to do wonder unless u put in a lot. Anyway, coral dun remove NO3. How did you got this info ? |
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| GoldfisHub |
Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:18 pm
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QUOTE(The Matrix @ Fri, 07 Apr 2006 9:06 pm) Calcium increase your gH. Coral is not easy to "dissolve", probably takes years to do so. The chemical breaking down from the coral will help you buffer your kH and gH. Dun expect it to do wonder unless u put in a lot. Anyway, coral dun remove NO3. How did you got this info ? Actually, I am thinking of putting a lot in the sump tank, like almost fill up so that I can creat a region with no or little oxygen. Hopefully, this will encourage anaerobic BB to grow and get rid of NO3. Do you think this works? Hi CP, thank you. I read thru quite a few. Umm.. thinking of this so that I can be a little lazy and hopefully only change little water at lower frequency. |
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| The Matrix |
Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:59 pm
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The Matrix Member No.: 19 Group: Associate Posts: 2,916 Topics Started: 20 Joined: 25-Nov-03 Last seen online: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 5:22 pm User's local time: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 1:38 pm Green Water: Yes Country: Singapore |
QUOTE(GoldfisHub @ Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:18 pm) Actually, I am thinking of putting a lot in the sump tank, like almost fill up so that I can creat a region with no or little oxygen. Hopefully, this will encourage anaerobic BB to grow and get rid of NO3. Do you think this works? Hi CP, thank you. I read thru quite a few. Umm.. thinking of this so that I can be a little lazy and hopefully only change little water at lower frequency. hmmmm .... theoretically, chemically speaking, you might consider it will work. If nitrification cause end product of nitrates, what are the end product of denitrification with your stated method ? |
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GoldfisHub Coral Chips and Nitrates Fri, 07 Apr 2006 4:13 pm
CP Do a search on "coral chips" and "p... Fri, 07 Apr 2006 5:44 pm
GoldfisHub
Actually following the idea of denitrifying unit,... Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:12 pm gohks
Your proposal should work. As mentioned before, ... Sat, 08 Apr 2006 8:50 am GoldfisHub Hi Guys,
Thank you for sharing your feedback, sug... Sat, 08 Apr 2006 4:49 pm gohks It will be good if you can have some pictures too ... Sat, 08 Apr 2006 5:36 pm GoldfisHub
Will take some pics along the way. My tank will b... Sat, 08 Apr 2006 6:10 pm goldrush where in the world did you get info that corals ne... Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:45 pm goldrush Now I get what you mean.
Aerobes are nitrifying ba... Sat, 08 Apr 2006 6:45 am Sabine A thread about this topic has just recently starte... Sat, 08 Apr 2006 7:06 am Kinder Has anybody heard from Goldfishub on this topic? Sun, 22 Oct 2006 7:35 pm goofy1984 Hi everyone,
I need some advise from bros here wi... Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:19 pm
gohks Remove all the material from one of your canister ... Mon, 23 Oct 2006 3:23 pm Kinder Answer to your "Low PH" crises!
Cli... Mon, 23 Oct 2006 1:36 pm The Matrix outdoor sure to have a lot of wall algae one leh .... Mon, 23 Oct 2006 7:46 pm goofy1984 Hi everyone,
Thanks for your advise. Loaded coral... Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:18 am
gohks
Hi everyone,
Thanks for your advise. Loaded cora... Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:52 pm
desireless
Glad to hear that. Keep monitoring the NO3, as y... Wed, 01 Nov 2006 7:46 pm gohks desireless,
Actually is not absorption, but the ef... Wed, 01 Nov 2006 8:55 pm The Matrix
Hi everyone,
Thanks for your advise. Loaded cora... Wed, 01 Nov 2006 4:16 pm desireless Umm... thanks for bringing that out. but why speci... Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:42 pm gohks I think the shape and size of coral chips can easi... Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:47 pm ranchu8 I don't know much/experience about all these b... Thu, 02 Nov 2006 1:13 am desireless Actually I have been waiting someone to burst ... Thu, 02 Nov 2006 2:32 am gohks Perhaps that could explain why my UGF laid with th... Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:09 am The Matrix not bad at all. continue to explore on this topic ... Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:37 am GoldfisHub
not bad at all. continue to explore on this topic... Thu, 02 Nov 2006 9:13 pm |
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