Zeolite for Sal****er tank

[Rick]

Is zeolite safe for sal****er tanks?

I have various fish, anemone, various crabs and snails, a few polyp corals
(zoo, button, starburst)

I plan on placing in my sump.

-Rick

[kim gross]

Rick wrote:
> Is zeolite safe for sal****er tanks?
>
> I have various fish, anemone, various crabs and snails, a few polyp corals
> (zoo, button, starburst)
>
> I plan on placing in my sump.
>
> -Rick
>
>
It does not work to adsorb ammonia in sal****er so it is not worth
putting in your tank.

Kim
http://www.jensalt.com

[Rick]

> It does not work to adsorb ammonia in sal****er so it is not worth
> putting in your tank.

So on sal****er tanks, it atracts "other" ions and fills up so to speak?

Or maybe the presence of "Salts" inhibits the process?

-Rick

"kim gross" > wrote in message
...
> Rick wrote:
> > Is zeolite safe for sal****er tanks?
> >
> > I have various fish, anemone, various crabs and snails, a few polyp
corals
> > (zoo, button, starburst)
> >
> > I plan on placing in my sump.
> >
> > -Rick
> >
> >

>
> Kim
> http://www.jensalt.com
>

[Slim Shaggy]

In freshwater setups, when your ammonia removing resin quits working you
soak it in a brine solution (2/3C salt to 1G water) for 24 hours to
"recharge" it.

So basically putting it in a marine aquarium which is a slight brine
solotion makes it not work how it's supposed to because it absorbs the wrong
things and actually hinders the biological filter process somehow.

-John


"Rick" > wrote in message
. ..
> > It does not work to adsorb ammonia in sal****er so it is not worth
> > putting in your tank.
>
> So on sal****er tanks, it atracts "other" ions and fills up so to speak?
>
> Or maybe the presence of "Salts" inhibits the process?
>
> -Rick
>
> "kim gross" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Rick wrote:
> > > Is zeolite safe for sal****er tanks?
> > >
> > > I have various fish, anemone, various crabs and snails, a few polyp
> corals
> > > (zoo, button, starburst)
> > >
> > > I plan on placing in my sump.
> > >
> > > -Rick
> > >
> > >
>
> >
> > Kim
> > http://www.jensalt.com
> >
>
>

[Boomer]

It will be exhausted by about the time it hits the water. The only thing they are used for
is as a Nitrate Sponge, which is a Zeolite, the same exact Zeolite as Nitrate Sponges.
These Zeolites really don't remove Nitrate as an exchanger, the pore structure ends up
acting like a LR, where denitrification takes place and Nitrate is converted to Nitrogen
gas.More live rock or any porous media will do the same thing with the right pore
structure and surface area.

--
Boomer

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"Rick" > wrote in message
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: Is zeolite safe for sal****er tanks?
:
: I have various fish, anemone, various crabs and snails, a few polyp corals
: (zoo, button, starburst)
:
: I plan on placing in my sump.
:
: -Rick
:
: