Hi all
New to the forum, and coming back to reefing after 6 years.... and i was a newbie as i had to close the tanl after less than a year when we moved to australia (but now i am in australia
I am cycling my new E 260 withdry rock, drTims bacteria and ammonia. About 10 days in for now
I have 2 newbie questions.
First of all i have a problem with water noise. There is a noise from water falling,
a little from the surface skimmer. It decreased somewhat by increasing the water level, but i think it is a little to high as when the pumps are stopped the water comes just above the rear sump separators
then if the skimmer is on there is a lot of noise from the water flowing above the gate (i think). This is setup at its lowest
any ideas ?
what is the ideal water level
Then with the microbubbles. I read the pinned thread on this, but still want to ask as there are a lot of bubbles 10 days in and it is not settling, see picture.
I read that this would settle when the bioload increases. But is it going to be the case when i stock very slowly ?
I read somewhere that i could stop the skimmer for the time being and then just run it every other day when there are little fish. not convinced. any comments ?
thanks much
Alexis
New to the forum, and coming back to reefing after 6 years.... and i was a newbie as i had to close the tanl after less than a year when we moved to australia (but now i am in australia
I am cycling my new E 260 withdry rock, drTims bacteria and ammonia. About 10 days in for now
I have 2 newbie questions.
First of all i have a problem with water noise. There is a noise from water falling,
a little from the surface skimmer. It decreased somewhat by increasing the water level, but i think it is a little to high as when the pumps are stopped the water comes just above the rear sump separators
then if the skimmer is on there is a lot of noise from the water flowing above the gate (i think). This is setup at its lowest
any ideas ?
what is the ideal water level
Then with the microbubbles. I read the pinned thread on this, but still want to ask as there are a lot of bubbles 10 days in and it is not settling, see picture.
I read that this would settle when the bioload increases. But is it going to be the case when i stock very slowly ?
I read somewhere that i could stop the skimmer for the time being and then just run it every other day when there are little fish. not convinced. any comments ?
thanks much
Alexis