TheClark Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Wow, great video! Specifically about using nano bubbles to improve ocean conditions, sounds like what the OP was suggesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Latest PH chart. Last night was a bust, airline tubing was kinked. Going to run 8 hours today starting now to try and 'make up' for the missed aeration time. I have very find bubbles but not sure they could be called microbubbles... Bubbles are supposed to go for 8 hours per night in DT, on left WP-60 No changes that I can detect, good or bad but I think it only ran one day before kinking. That black airline tubing from petco.. no good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Concluding this experiment. Sharing for what it's worth... Results: - No PH impact detectable, if anything PH decreased slightly. - Water clarity improved (visual inspection, had no way to measure) - No damage to powerhead that I can tell. - No negative coral impacts. - Possible positive impact to corals, they look decent but again hard to measure Notes: There is allot of talk how nano bubbles are important. I have an airline straight into a powerhead today. It does chop the bubbles up pretty fine but does not meet OP intentions. Will repeat experiment with limewood airstone down the road. Well that's it, thanks for watching... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Concluding this experiment. Sharing for what it's worth... Results: - No PH impact detectable, if anything PH decreased slightly. - Water clarity improved (visual inspection, had no way to measure) - No damage to powerhead that I can tell. - No negative coral impacts. - Possible positive impact to corals, they look decent but again hard to measure Notes: There is allot of talk how nano bubbles are important. I have an airline straight into a powerhead today. It does chop the bubbles up pretty fine but does not meet OP intentions. Will repeat experiment with limewood airstone down the road. Well that's it, thanks for watching... Thanks for filling us all in on this info. I have been running my CO2 line into my freshwater canister filters for years. I remember people talking about potential issues with the impeller due to injecting gas. I never saw anything conclusive, but like I said, I have always done it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Thanks man, good to know. Hey, possibly related... I did read that if you get overzealous with the amount of air, cavitation can be a problem and cause impeller wear. Guessing you were not running much CO2, and I purposely tried to run light on the air... The facebook that this was originally posted on has blown up. Lots of good info besides what I am putting out here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Interesting, Paletta is going to use this technique... The nice part of that is, we will get a writeup! He is also trying out some crazy looking leds with rgb diodes... https://reefbuilders.com/2016/01/16/and-now-for-something-completely-different/ In addition to this skimmer, the tank will also have nano bubbles introduced into it every night as perfected by Elegant Corals (Cruz Arias). For those of you unfamiliar with this concept it is rather new method to help reduce nutrient build up using tiny micro-nano sized bubbles of air to kind of make the entire tank a sort of protein skimmer. This process was introduced in Japan and is being used there to clean up Tokyo Harbor and first introduced to the reefing hobby publically by Cruz Arias mid last year. For more information I have included a few links that summarize this methodology. Link 1, Link 2, Link 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bicyclebill Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Jeremy, I thought this sounded like a goofy idea when I saw your first post. Then I researched it a bit, then saw Paletta write about it. Sounds interesting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 It's intriguing for sure thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexinverts Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 It's intriguing for sure thanks. How's Disneyland, Jeremy? While you are wishing that you could be tinkering with your tank, don't forget that you are visiting the "happiest place on earth!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayPuff Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Nice stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayPuff Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Micro/nano bubbles (created by the shearing of bubbles from the flow of water) does not get trapped under the corals tissue... That has been a misconception in the hobby. https://youtu.be/r4rJKypLijA nice video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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