Mega Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover - DIY!

[Yanbbrox]

at what point will it release nh4 back into the system?

I suppose in theory never, as the algae will continue to grow and absorb more.

Reply to this and the post I'm about to make in the gg thread and your one away from very a rare club

 

[zennzzo]

I suppose in theory never, as the algae will continue to grow and absorb more.

Reply to this and the post I'm about to make in the gg thread and your one away from very a rare club

I was under the impression that when there is no longer components to feed the algae, that it starts to die off and releases Ammonia.

 

[SantaMonica]

at what point will it release nh4 back into the system?

Never. Unless you don't clean it and the new algae shades the old algae; then the old algae dies and releases. Or, unless you throw the algae back into the tank for feeding.

I was under the impression that when there is no longer components to feed the algae, that it starts to die off and releases Ammonia

Well if you replaced your tank water with distilled or RODI water, sure. But if you have life in your tank, then weekly screen cleaning is the issue.

 

[Yanbbrox]

Never. Unless you don't clean it and the new algae shades the old algae; then the old algae dies and releases. Or, unless you throw the algae back into the tank for feeding.



Well if you replaced your tank water with distilled or RODI water, sure. But if you have life in your tank, then weekly screen cleaning is the issue.

So if you use RO then this is pointless? I only ask because I used to keep discus?

 

[SantaMonica]

No no no... you'd have to replace your entire tank, fish, everything, with a jug of distilled. In other words, no life.

 

[Yanbbrox]

No no no... you'd have to replace your entire tank, fish, everything, with a jug of distilled. In other words, no life.

So 100% change with RO won't work, or are you trying to say that RO won't work at all?

 

[SantaMonica]

Won't work for what?

 

[zennzzo]

So 100% change with RO won't work, or are you trying to say that RO won't work at all?

Nothing in RO to support Algae ...

 

[Yanbbrox]

Nothing in RO to support Algae ...

Wrong wrong, If I didn't have to go to bed in ten minutes because I've swapped shifts for a day and apparently there are two 5 o'clocks in a dayI'd go on

If someone can explain then why when I have a planted discus tank I still had algae issues using nothing but RO?

 

[zennzzo]

Wrong wrong, If I didn't have to go to bed in ten minutes because I've swapped shifts for a day and apparently there are two 5 o'clocks in a dayI'd go on

If someone can explain then why when I have a planted discus tank I still had algae issues using nothing but RO?

you have fish and waste in the RO water hence the Algae...I was saying pure HO without any bio-load wouldn't support Algae...