degibson84
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going to try to do a change with no sand siphoning and see what happens this week
What does everyone run for filtering water
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degibson84
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so i decided to siphon one side of the tank sand to see what happens. I have a good CUC from reefcleaners but they dont touch the sand other than right along the glass. the nass snails never come out the just stay along the back of the tank where this stuff isn't even at. the nerites stay on the glass 90% of them all huddled in the same spot.
redneckgearhead
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I believe they are nocturnal...
degibson84
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i know they are but i still never see them doing anything in the sad sometimes on glass but usually they are in the back where i have none of this brown whatever it is
StirCrayzy
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My sand has never looked better since adding nass snails.
They go wherever theyre most comfortable.
Mine come out in a herd at feeding time.
They go wherever theyre most comfortable.
Mine come out in a herd at feeding time.
degibson84
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mine only come out in the middle of the night not even when i feed.
degibson84
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ok so after doing my WC friday and siphoning the sand on just one half of the tank the brown stuff is already back but not as bad as the side i haven't siphoned. would adding a goby help stir this up even though i have Crushed coral sized dolomite?
redneckgearhead
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Do you have some flow on your sand? With substrate that size you should be able to have some flow on the snd, and that should help
degibson84
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just a little update. i have been keeping up on my 11 gallon water change schedule and still siphoning sand just to try and remove as much as i can. still slightly brown but not nearly as bad as it has been. I think the silicates may be about used up
StirCrayzy
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There are a lot of options for scrubbers now, and they are great at removing excess nutrients.
Cant imagine we havent discussed that yet, but now im too lazy to go check.
Cant imagine we havent discussed that yet, but now im too lazy to go check.
degibson84
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So after the last few weeks without running carbon the diatoms cleared but now on my main peice of lr I'm starting to get hair algae. I had to remove the carbon to try to clear up the hlle my Koran was getting. That cleared but i dont want to add the carbon back and risk hlle coming back stronger. Currently running bulk gfo in the canister, bak pak skimmer and hob fuge with cheato. All params trate trite and ammonia are zero. I have no phos test kit. What can be causing the hair algae now? This just popped up within the last few days as it wasnt there Friday during wc. Is there anything I can do to nip it before it gets outta control?
redneckgearhead
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Water changes. This sounds like the normal "cycle" of algae blooms on a "new" tank set up. I would add some phosban just because. Your numbers will almost always be 0's if you have HA. It is very very good at consuming N/P.
degibson84
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im using BRS bulk GFO have been since we moved the tank to my house
degibson84
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does anyone think that upgrading the skimmer from a bak pak to a remora will help? also had some credit with the store so i threw in some seachem seagel LMK what you guys think
degibson84
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No help anymore
theplantman
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Not familiar with a bak pak, did run an aquac remora on my 30 gal cube that was heavily stocked and it was a great skimmer. Takes a day or so to break in but after that it is a workhorse. I could skim wet or dry by adjusting the height on the skimmate cup. Easily cleaned as well and easy to adjust. I believe it is rated for up to 75 gallon tank but wouldn't push that limit myself. I prefer to oversize my equipment.
degibson84
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I purchased the pro series that is rated for 120.