| thanx cheeks69.
spent the day with the system, cleaned out the old paper style canister but left it hooked up and dry for when i clean the tank, redid some plumbing so now theres no hoses hanging over the side. luckily the tank has 5 holes in the bottom for piping. then went to the garage and built a light hood out of some pine i had. have to have somthing to hold the rebuilt icecaps and 6 6' vho actinics i procured this week. just have to put some fans on it to cool things and it'll be ready to go.
heres one for the aquarium gurus, I have an oceanic 6 protine skimmer, never has produced any real quantity of gunk. its a 180 gal system with 4 fish only, total of fish=16" is there just not that much gunk, is the skimmer to old and outdated (origional purchas 1991) or is it just improperly tweaked by me? it is a venturi type and ive tried putting a air pump on it with no better results. every other day or so enough funk builds to spit a teaspoon into the catch basin, any thoughts? |