Mushrooms Revisited

Wayne Sallee wrote:
I did some experimenting with putting granulated sulfur in a bag in the
sump. I also continued doing the lime drip. I found that the sulfur did
a great job of raising both the calcium levels, and the alkalinity levels.

It also did a great job of keeping the corals from taking the calcium
out of the water. :-)

Huh? Why would sulfur increase Ca levels? I've heard of Nitrate
reactors running the effluent through Ca material to reduce acidity
which would release some Ca. I think that was because of a high load of
CO2 and HS.

---Kurt

Because it binds with the calcium, thus keeping it
in the water, but it also keeps the corals from
taking it out of the water. :-)

Wayne Sallee



KurtG wrote on 11/28/2007 9:50 AM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
I did some experimenting with putting granulated sulfur in a bag in the
sump. I also continued doing the lime drip. I found that the sulfur did
a great job of raising both the calcium levels, and the alkalinity levels.

It also did a great job of keeping the corals from taking the calcium
out of the water. :-)

Huh? Why would sulfur increase Ca levels? I've heard of Nitrate
reactors running the effluent through Ca material to reduce acidity
which would release some Ca. I think that was because of a high load of
CO2 and HS.

---Kurt

Wayne Sallee wrote:
Because it binds with the calcium, thus keeping it in the water, but it
also keeps the corals from taking it out of the water. :-)

Isn't the whole idea behind keeping the calcium levels high to allow the corals
to use it?

George Patterson
Worry doesn't improve the future; it just ruins the present.

George Patterson wrote on 11/28/2007 10:39 PM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
Because it binds with the calcium, thus keeping it in the water, but
it also keeps the corals from taking it out of the water. :-)

Isn't the whole idea behind keeping the calcium levels high to allow the
corals to use it?

George Patterson
Worry doesn't improve the future; it just ruins the present.

Yep, and that's why I discontinued the experiment. :-)

Wayne Sallee

Interestingly, slight increases in sulfur improved
coralline algae growth, but this quickly became a
negative factor as sulfur levels increased.

Wayne Sallee



Wayne Sallee wrote on 11/29/2007 8:31 AM:
George Patterson wrote on 11/28/2007 10:39 PM:
Wayne Sallee wrote:
Because it binds with the calcium, thus keeping it in the water, but
it also keeps the corals from taking it out of the water. :-)

Isn't the whole idea behind keeping the calcium levels high to allow
the corals to use it?

George Patterson
Worry doesn't improve the future; it just ruins the present.

Yep, and that's why I discontinued the experiment. :-)

Wayne Sallee