Well the last week has been interesting. I had added a few small frags to the tank along with a nice Blue Acropora and an urchin. For whatever reason the urchin didn't make it. I came home from work and noticed the water was a little cloudier than normal (with everything within tolerance on the parameters, I have just never got the tank to be sparkling clear, since it was set up), so I then noticed crabs eating on the urchin 'mouth'. I got him out and he was very dead. I thought everything would be fine...maybe. Well, the next day I got home from work, and I have cyano on the gravel. I immediately do a 30% water change and run a canister filter with just water polishing pads on the tank also, just to help fine clean. My wife REALLY loved the canister sitting on the floor in front of the tank with the hoses running up the front.
The cyano is almost gone now and I will do another 20% change this morning. But it looks like I am loosing my pink bushy acro. Thank goodness everything else seems to be fine. The highest anything got to was phosphates at .16 and nitrates at .5, so not too bad.
On another note, yesterday afternoon, just to help with the cyano, I added my Hydor wavemaker with 2-450 gph pumps from my old biocube. (I have a Vortech on order). And lo and behold, right before bed last night I notice that my tank is clearer than it has ever been. This morning, looking long ways through the tank it is sparkling clear! So my question is, why did I need the extra water movement to finally clear my tank? Is this a problem with the new RSM250? Do I just have the RSM ports aimed wrong? Why would the tank need supplemental water movement?
I am adding a single Vortech MP10, and will take the Hydor system out, it just doesn't look good in the 250. I hope that will be enough movement to keep the clarity.
Any input on any of the above would be appreciated!
