oh craig, you know not of what you speak. Atleast you have an imagination.
Waves DO ACT LIKE SKIMMERS. The foam at the top of the wave is thrown up on
the beach, similar to the way a skimmer produces foam. The rains and the
currents are the water changes, as are the rivers, streams etc. The ocean
is so infinitely large that water does not have to be manually scooped out
and replaced. Man, and your a biology major too, guess you werent the
brightest in your class. Also, have you ever considered that you dont know
about every thing you "want"? Your UV is killing all types of organisms
that in mine and other tanks FEED our corals. How long have you had these
corals? I wouldnt brag about a few toadstools and a moonstone. As for
having an open mind, I KNOW that your UV is killing MANY living things in
your tank that are benificial to your corals.
MSO(my scientific opinion)
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neptune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:24 PM
Subject: was cAULERPA now UV etc. (kinda long)
> Andrew:
>
> Is there a giant skimmer in the ocean? Does God make water changes on the
> ocean? I must have missed that one! Can you imagine seeing this huge
hand
> holding a huge bucket dipping into the ocean? hahaha Seriously though,
if
> our tanks were exactly like the ocean, we wouldn't need half the stuff we
> have! The fact of the matter is that we have a very, very small part of
the
> ocean. We use this special equipment because we are trying to simulate
> something which is almost impossible to simulate in such a very small
scale.
> That being the case, we need much different things (equipment) to help do
> the almost impossible. Sometimes we can institute somewhat natural
methods
> like live rock and caulerpa to help rid our tanks of the build up of
toxins
> which would never be a problem in the much larger ocean. I have kept a
> saltwater reef for about 7 years now. A lot of the things I now use were
> from trial and error as with most of us. I am constantly learning new
> things as we all should. I like to keep an open mind because who really
> knows the "best" setup? Even the scientists who have made it their life
to
> study these things argue about what you should or should not do, use, etc.
>
> P.s. other comments below:
>
> > beleive it or not there are things in your reef that you do not know
> about.
> > There are creatures hundreds, perhaps thousands of times smaller then
> > copepods, isopods, amphipods.
> >Your UV is a complete waste of money. It is
> > in fact killing bacteria, but why would you want that?
>
> I was a biology major, and I have seen a million microscopic organism
under
> the scope. We used UV to sterlize glassware etc. Yes, UV is an
> indescriminate killer in my tank, but only if it is free floating. Most
of
> the bacteria and other microscopic organisms I care about aren't going to
go
> through it.
>
> >Can you please tell
> > me what in the ocean is similar to a UV? Can you tell me why that these
> > miracle devices work? A reef tank is not designed to be sterile, I
wonder
> > if you even feed your corals......
>
> My tank is far from sterile. lol If you want, I can post a few picture of
> my corals. My favorite is my green moonstone which is at least the size
of
> half of a volleyball. It started off the size of a golf ball if that. I
> also have lots of white fairy toadstools which split on a regular basis.
I
> give them away for free. Do you want one? I could go on.....I guess I
> didn't like your tone. :o)
>
> I guess the short version is, have an open mind. What works for you isn't
> the only or necessary the best way. The same applies to me and everyone
> else I think we all wish that there was a definite best and only way, but
> we are not there yet.
>
> Sorry for the long post.
>
> Craig
>
>
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