| Re: My tank is almost 'done'
well the algae problem is still there. this pic was taken shortly after adding more sand. thanks for all teh compliments.
the algae scrubber needs some modification to do what squatch and i want. the very first design i had involved using sand as a substrate and i think i may modify my current scrubber to include sand.
as for clear water, i THINK it may be due to the way my sump is set up. its really weird, and it was partly an accident, but ill try to explain. i have a HOB filter that i bought a while back. i have that running in the sump. heres the interesting bit though: i have the HOB taking in water from the first chamber of the sump, and dumping it into the second chamber. when i first set it up, i thought it was just filter some of the water, and the water would continue to overflow over the diving wall like its supposed to. well the filter ended up filtering all the water flow through the sump, so it doesnt overflow the dividing wall at all. as a result, all of my water goes through mechanical filtration, which removes a lot of the visible particles that get end up floating around.
ok so, hopefully today i get the piece of stainless steel that i will start building my new hood out of. woot! |