what about the heat put into the system by the led strip...........danger in warm weather..........tank death by the added heat in some climates. Fit budget that needs a chiller?
Travis...me personally..I wouldn't worry about what people have to say...you provide a good service...for those who don't like it..oh well...stay focused on the positive :)
Im not worried about what people say i have gotten thick skin about most things now. I wanted to share what part of the reason for changing it up was the rest is more personal but once things calm down on my end ill be picking everything back up.
I have a bunch of Marine Pure in my sump. I have read that some people think it leaches Aluminum. Have you seen any evidence of that ? I plan to get a water test someday to see.
Hey FishOfHex, for the triton method when you scrub the glass, do you let the skimmer take out the algae? What about if you grow algae on the sand bed, how would you clean it w/o doing WC's?
The skimmer pulls everything out and i havent had any algae growth on sand or rocks just small amount on glass. I havent done a water change in 4 months
Hey man! I’m going to be running a 25 IM Lagoon soon. Do you think I would be able to run the full triton method with a ball or chaeto and biobellets? Plan was to originally run chaeto and biopellets with the triton OTHER methods, however I’m curious about doing the full method.. just not sure how successful itll be
Good stuff, I've been wanting to switch from the Zeovit system to trition. Just don't know how rough the switch would be yet. And probably dont have a big enough refugium but it seems like a chaeto reactor could be a way around that?
I have a sponge to put in that section that fits behind the overflow with no issues but i dont really want to remember to take it out every few days to clean before food breaks down. So i have decided to let the tank do its own thing
Love this vid very informative mate :) thinking of setting a cheato reactor up they are lovely and natural and doesn't need expensive gfo to maintain low no3 and p04👍 are you keeping them both at 0??
Hey fishofhex! Livestream question for ya! If triton method is hard to get a hold of, have you looked into API's method? Also if your doing Triton's icp testing have you taken a look at API's icp testing witch also tests the rodi water?
ATI, not API (you lnow, who mates the T5 & hybrid light fixtures). ATI Essentials = balanced minor & major elements dosing only you don't need to follow the whole "system" with a refugium & whatever like Triton (their ICP also tests more elements than Triton's too).
I'm adding also about ATI Essentials. I used to use Aquaforest Components 1+2+3+ but most retail stores are out of stock and little$$. So, I too just end up trying ATI Essentials this month. Bought the 1000ml bottles and once I mix it its like having 4-5 time more solutions than Aquaforest.
At the end of your video, you have a light over your fuge in the red spectrum. I'm looking at possibly the same light if not at least very similar. It's a 150w. How do you like it? How is the growth your getting from the macro?
I still have the dosing pump you sent me and works great lol, I guess the new ones are the ones that are crap. That's sad because I was thinking on getting a new one :(
Great video travis. Sorry that your having issues with the pump. I also have a curve in my tank and with it being acrylic I cant use anything metal, so when im scrubbing the tank I use a scrubby pad that's especially for acrylic to get in that curve. It works pretty well. Too bad about your Patreon, and your hang outs but I understand
Great video! I'm in the process of designing a 210G reef tank (I'm a brand new and quite ambitious reefer) and am considering Triton other methods. The sense I get is the primary advantage of Triton is their ICP testing service. I feel as though I could use two part, or a calcium reactor (the direction I'm leaning) in combination with Triton testing to achieve the same results. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Yea when i uploaded the video i noticed i didnt put that in.. always forgetting something. either way the ato works great and have purchased a few more for clients.
I saw a video for the jebao dosing pump that had to do with the heads not being properly aligned and being sent out that way. The video shows you how to redirect it's parts to fix the issue for the heads.
as far as live streaming goes get a admin that can ban the trolls for you. just pick someone and make sure they arnt going overboard with it. I'd offer but I work 12 hours a day and have 1:30 round trip 6 days a week. pretty sure that's illegal on my employers part but whatever. just my suggestion on it
Great vid like alweys man! Keep it going. Great job u did with that all in one tank! I see u still use bublle magus 7skimmer , how do u correct tune it it? I have the same skimmer on a reefer350 in 8.5inches of water and all what i got from it is a brownis grenis tea with some flucks in it. Can i make it to get some more dark skimmate? Thanks in advance!
I'm glad you mentioned that about the dosing pump I had the same problem I could not get it calibrated for the life of me and had to send it back. Since then I bought the coral box WiFi dosing pump.
Awesome video and tank. Only question I have is are you running Other methods or the normal triton? Thanks again! Also if I haven't said it before but thank you for your service to our country!!
That sump is to die for man, keep doing what you been doing my friend and block those people like I did with some people too, we are all here to learn but in this world we need both sides unfortunately the good one and the bad one. Good luck Travis and man I love that sump.
Thanks man, I dont let people get to me like i did when i first started out. You get thicker skin as time goes on i just wanted to share with everyone why i have decided to go a different direction for now. Takes a little stress of me while i get everything on my end figured out.
FishOfHex keep doing what your doing. I have people on my small channel bullying me cause I was born in Cuba, telling me a lot of things and very offensive what I did was Thank them for reminding me where I came from and I told them Thank you! For visiting my channel, if they don’t like us why they waste their time in our channels. Am proud to be an American Citizen and proud of what I do and you got more reasons to be proud man, this kind of people are worthless. Keep doing what your doing my friend. Thank you! And have a great weekend
Travis, really enjoy your videos, keep up the great work! One thing I want to mention, my icp test came back with very high aluminum and same goes for a few fellow reefers using marinepure blocks and biospheres, now the question is are you getting the same results?
I have yet to send in a test but will soon. I have heard that from many people. Crazy stuff it make you wonder what it does long term. I had 5 of the big blocks in the 125 and you can see how well that system did. Ill be interested to see how things play out.
i got a dp-4 a year ago, never used it until starting a month ago. working fine after calibration, hope it stays that way! if i could go back in time, i'd definitely pay a premium and invest in a better brand. after using the maxspect gyres and the jecod knockoffs, i'm a firm believer in you get what you pay for (up to a point). if you have the budget, go for the premium equipment. the extra cost of a trustworthy brand is literally just a few coral frags, and will save you a lot of headache down the road imo.
Knockoffs are ok when starting out but after the amount i have invested int he 300 gallon build with only higher end equipment i can say without a doubt thats the way to go. But i did enjoy building systems with all lower end equipment to show it can be done either way.
i can't wait to see how your 300g progress! love watching your builds. i was considering the zeovit coral system additives for sps coloration, but ended up with the red sea products based on your reviews, just started dosing 2 weeks ago, hope to see some good results!
I kind of have a theory, which losses me off, as much crap as we give Chinese manufacturing, at least we know what we are getting. It seems to me that companies amass great reviews on products and then start to trickle in shortcuts on quality. People rely on years of awesome reviews for inferior quality. I have seen tjis particularly on American name brand tools, regardless of origin of manafacturing.
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travis put a little filter floss in the overflow chamber to easily remove food before it hits the marine pure balls
I use a flipper algae scraper on my curved tank. The blade part works a treat in the corners.
what about the heat put into the system by the led strip...........danger in warm weather..........tank death by the added heat in some climates. Fit budget that needs a chiller?
Thats some impressive growth in 4 months
Travis...me personally..I wouldn't worry about what people have to say...you provide a good service...for those who don't like it..oh well...stay focused on the positive :)
Im not worried about what people say i have gotten thick skin about most things now. I wanted to share what part of the reason for changing it up was the rest is more personal but once things calm down on my end ill be picking everything back up.
Hey FishOfHex
Did you run the Red & Blue led's at the same time when you was running the warm white one's.
I have a bunch of Marine Pure in my sump. I have read that some people think it leaches Aluminum. Have you seen any evidence of that ? I plan to get a water test someday to see.
Once i do the test ill post a video
Hey FishOfHex, for the triton method when you scrub the glass, do you let the skimmer take out the algae? What about if you grow algae on the sand bed, how would you clean it w/o doing WC's?
The skimmer pulls everything out and i havent had any algae growth on sand or rocks just small amount on glass. I havent done a water change in 4 months
That's awesome, 4 months and more to go, keep it up man! As for the algae, how have you been tackling the small amount on the glass?
Why not try aquaforest?? Same stuff or ATI? Been using AF, great results, better than a 2 part, but not as strong, have to dose twice as much!!
For this build? Its a triton test but if i cant get more triton ill have to move over to something out sadly.
I use aquaforest it’s basically the same
Hey man! I’m going to be running a 25 IM Lagoon soon. Do you think I would be able to run the full triton method with a ball or chaeto and biobellets? Plan was to originally run chaeto and biopellets with the triton OTHER methods, however I’m curious about doing the full method.. just not sure how successful itll be
Just run the full method
BRS said something like a shipment of a years worth supply of Triton supplies was destroyed when a truck flipped over or something like that
Heard that but one truck is taking care of everything for the last two months?
Did you add any rocks or marine pure of other system?
Im not sure what you mean. I have marine pure in all my tanks atm and have been using it for several years
if the marine pure you added was new or from a previous tank?
Good stuff, I've been wanting to switch from the Zeovit system to trition. Just don't know how rough the switch would be yet. And probably dont have a big enough refugium but it seems like a chaeto reactor could be a way around that?
For the marine pure balls section, why not cut a square sponge or add filter floss ontop of the balls.
I have a sponge to put in that section that fits behind the overflow with no issues but i dont really want to remember to take it out every few days to clean before food breaks down. So i have decided to let the tank do its own thing
Love this vid very informative mate :) thinking of setting a cheato reactor up they are lovely and natural and doesn't need expensive gfo to maintain low no3 and p04👍 are you keeping them both at 0??
Every time i test i get no color change lol so its close
How exactly is the cheato reactor setup? Pump inside the false wall sump ? Planing on adding one to the nano
Checkout the build playlist
Hey fishofhex! Livestream question for ya! If triton method is hard to get a hold of, have you looked into API's method? Also if your doing Triton's icp testing have you taken a look at API's icp testing witch also tests the rodi water?
ATI, not API (you lnow, who mates the T5 & hybrid light fixtures). ATI Essentials = balanced minor & major elements dosing only you don't need to follow the whole "system" with a refugium & whatever like Triton (their ICP also tests more elements than Triton's too).
I'm adding also about ATI Essentials. I used to use Aquaforest Components 1+2+3+ but most retail stores are out of stock and little$$. So, I too just end up trying ATI Essentials this month. Bought the 1000ml bottles and once I mix it its like having 4-5 time more solutions than Aquaforest.
Great update brother reef looking awesome keep up the great work
How is youre ICP testing coming back on this tank. Everything good?
Have anything that you see everytime u get a test done?
Have yet to send one out. will soon
What's your lighting schedule on your chaeto reactor?
10 hours on while main lights are off
Hey Travis, I've been told Marine Pure has aluminum in it and will crash my tank. Have you ever heard of or experienced this yourself?
Nope
At the end of your video, you have a light over your fuge in the red spectrum. I'm looking at possibly the same light if not at least very similar. It's a 150w. How do you like it? How is the growth your getting from the macro?
Its not bad ill be doing a video on that light soon
I still have the dosing pump you sent me and works great lol, I guess the new ones are the ones that are crap. That's sad because I was thinking on getting a new one :(
Yea idk what happened to the brand over the last two years but i would look for something else if you can $
What about a bottle brush for the corners?
I have done that but it doesnt clean like a razor would
FishOfHex gotcha, check out my channel and hook me up with a sub!
Great video travis. Sorry that your having issues with the pump. I also have a curve in my tank and with it being acrylic I cant use anything metal, so when im scrubbing the tank I use a scrubby pad that's especially for acrylic to get in that curve. It works pretty well. Too bad about your Patreon, and your hang outs but I understand
Hello Travis. Can you do a video on the regular and calcium reactor
Yes ill have an indepth setup guide at some point
Great video! I'm in the process of designing a 210G reef tank (I'm a brand new and quite ambitious reefer) and am considering Triton other methods. The sense I get is the primary advantage of Triton is their ICP testing service. I feel as though I could use two part, or a calcium reactor (the direction I'm leaning) in combination with Triton testing to achieve the same results. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
How do you like the ATO on that system?
Yea when i uploaded the video i noticed i didnt put that in.. always forgetting something. either way the ato works great and have purchased a few more for clients.
what triton sys did you use the CORE7 BASE ELEMENTS or ORIGINAL BASE ELEMENTS thank you great video
bill
I Core 7
I saw a video for the jebao dosing pump that had to do with the heads not being properly aligned and being sent out that way. The video shows you how to redirect it's parts to fix the issue for the heads.
Yea i took them apart and fixed the issue but should i have to? You would think it would work out of the box for $65
How many hours per day do you have that light on Travis?
10 hours
as far as live streaming goes get a admin that can ban the trolls for you. just pick someone and make sure they arnt going overboard with it. I'd offer but I work 12 hours a day and have 1:30 round trip 6 days a week. pretty sure that's illegal on my employers part but whatever. just my suggestion on it
Great vid like alweys man! Keep it going. Great job u did with that all in one tank! I see u still use bublle magus 7skimmer , how do u correct tune it it? I have the same skimmer on a reefer350 in 8.5inches of water and all what i got from it is a brownis grenis tea with some flucks in it. Can i make it to get some more dark skimmate? Thanks in advance!
I sounds like you need it in more water. I keep this skimmer in about 9 to 10 inches and pulls good skimmate out.
Yes man u were right! Thanks a lot for your great advice! My skimmer works better now after 1 week in 9 inches of water.
I'm glad you mentioned that about the dosing pump I had the same problem I could not get it calibrated for the life of me and had to send it back. Since then I bought the coral box WiFi dosing pump.
And to think of all the people i sent to them to purchase that pump. People are always trying to cut corners.
Sir can you advice me on seachem fusion 1and 2 along with seachem reef plus. Will all these 3 be great for marine tank.
I have never used fusion sorry. I would start with just under the recommended dose and move up.
Great video, tank looks awesome! In regards to Triton, is a skimmer 100% required?
Its recommended and have yet to try it without
Ah okay, thanks for the info!
Looking good and do what feels right for you when it comes to social media Facebook, youtube etc. thanks for the video
Agreed on the DP-4. It's trash!
Yup now they are
Well damn....i just bought the dp4 to get started on my first tank. Story of my life
Awesome video and tank. Only question I have is are you running Other methods or the normal triton? Thanks again! Also if I haven't said it before but thank you for your service to our country!!
ICORE7
Drop a serpent star in the marine pure section, it should help keeping that area clean.
was thinking about it but thought maybe that would be a shitty life for him.
FishOfHex nah they live in the dark, they prefer it. And all that food more like star heaven.
Can't you put your triton supplements on auto order?
Not able at this time
That sump is to die for man, keep doing what you been doing my friend and block those people like I did with some people too, we are all here to learn but in this world we need both sides unfortunately the good one and the bad one. Good luck Travis and man I love that sump.
Thanks man, I dont let people get to me like i did when i first started out. You get thicker skin as time goes on i just wanted to share with everyone why i have decided to go a different direction for now. Takes a little stress of me while i get everything on my end figured out.
FishOfHex keep doing what your doing.
I have people on my small channel bullying me cause I was born in Cuba, telling me a lot of things and very offensive what I did was Thank them for reminding me where I came from and I told them Thank you! For visiting my channel, if they don’t like us why they waste their time in our channels. Am proud to be an American Citizen and proud of what I do and you got more reasons to be proud man, this kind of people are worthless. Keep doing what your doing my friend. Thank you! And have a great weekend
Tank looks great i did change my pump 1400 Rio redid my back sump it all working good cant keep my PH UP 7.99 is the best i can get
Travis, really enjoy your videos, keep up the great work! One thing I want to mention, my icp test came back with very high aluminum and same goes for a few fellow reefers using marinepure blocks and biospheres, now the question is are you getting the same results?
I have yet to send in a test but will soon. I have heard that from many people. Crazy stuff it make you wonder what it does long term. I had 5 of the big blocks in the 125 and you can see how well that system did. Ill be interested to see how things play out.
FishOfHex let us know once you get your results pal, thanks.
Bubble magus dosers are rock solid. I'd skip the DOS personally.
I loved my ai prime for my 30 gallon, i ended up using 2 at 100%, they did great.
Im thinking of getting a second once im done with the lights over the 300
i got a dp-4 a year ago, never used it until starting a month ago. working fine after calibration, hope it stays that way!
if i could go back in time, i'd definitely pay a premium and invest in a better brand.
after using the maxspect gyres and the jecod knockoffs, i'm a firm believer in you get what you pay for (up to a point).
if you have the budget, go for the premium equipment. the extra cost of a trustworthy brand is literally just a few coral frags, and will save you a lot of headache down the road imo.
Knockoffs are ok when starting out but after the amount i have invested int he 300 gallon build with only higher end equipment i can say without a doubt thats the way to go. But i did enjoy building systems with all lower end equipment to show it can be done either way.
i can't wait to see how your 300g progress! love watching your builds.
i was considering the zeovit coral system additives for sps coloration, but ended up with the red sea products based on your reviews, just started dosing 2 weeks ago, hope to see some good results!
Tanks look awsome. Great video.
Too bad about rude people. Do what you enjoy, because we enjoy the videos more when you enjoy making them.
Im focusing on getting back to making videos i enjoy.
I kind of have a theory, which losses me off, as much crap as we give Chinese manufacturing, at least we know what we are getting. It seems to me that companies amass great reviews on products and then start to trickle in shortcuts on quality. People rely on years of awesome reviews for inferior quality. I have seen tjis particularly on American name brand tools, regardless of origin of manafacturing.
Large American name brands, I should clarify. Made in America, with small to medium companies is the best.
Add a mod to your streams
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Did you start censoring yourself? "Crap... crap... crap." Sellout. 😜
+Tim Webb RUclips has been flagging my stuff.
Really? I curse in all of my videos and I've never been flagged.
+Tim Webb you have to be reported I'd imagine. People always looking for a way to fuck with my shit lol. Just how it is
What is the exact flag message you get from RUclips? To quote President Lincoln, "Fuck the fucking fuckers."
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