Southdown Woes.

"Mandarin333" wrote in message
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| With or without DE?
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| -M333

Without. According to Marineland, the Micron cartridge works almost
as well without the powder as with, and you avoid the possibility of
a mess.

Subject: Southdown Woes.
From: "Dinky"
Date: 5/29/04 6:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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"Mandarin333" wrote in message
...
|
| With or without DE?
|
| -M333

Without. According to Marineland, the Micron cartridge works almost
as well without the powder as with, and you avoid the possibility of
a mess.


Actually, it worked far better with the DE after I borrowed a friend's Vortex
DE filter. It took about four rechargings since there was so much silt in the
southdown. I was fit to be tied when I started pulling LR out to restack and
the crystal clear tank turned into skim milk again so I had to wait another two
hours to get enough clarity to put it back and still it was a sloppy job but
that's what vacations are for...restacking your live rock. I was chatting
with a gal who said that all that silt in southdown is actually DE. I was
thinking this also because it looks EXACTLY like DE. Any thoughts anyone?

-M333