688s 100g Thread

Thank you I have lots of Pix to come.

 

Filter Evolution


Final

 

In your first pic, I see that you had an under gravel filter. Did you place the substrate on that under gravel filter? Luna

 

yes but when I moved the tank to my new room I removed it.

 

Thank god!!! If you would have kept it, you would have had big issues. Luna

 

The only reason I used it was because when I first put the tank together that’s all I had besides a CPR backpack 2. My tank is now 7 months old the under gravel filter was in there 3 months of it.

 

The only time that I have ever used one of those things was when I had a FW tank. I have never seen that thing being used in a SW application. Luna

 

I know better but there was no fish in the first month and damsels the second. There is a way to use this method in a way that does work. When your tank is drilled from the bottom using egg crate wrapped with screen running to a canister filter. I was only doing this to get the cycle started. I knew I had some equipment in storage but need a few more peaces.

 

My DIY Fuge (I would have used dividers but old sump cracked so I needed to setup the new one before I was finished with it) For more info see thread below.
http://www.3reef.com/forums/general-reef-topics/bad-story-good-ending-52707.html#post490666

 

A nother nitrate test in the red. Everything looks ok fish are normal. I cut way down on feeding my angel has been triying to eat my Sea Anemones well the carpet any way. I think im just going to chill for a week and stop ripping my hair out (Notice im bald) and hope it drops. This testing every day is driving me nuts. I got 3 of 4 new powerheads comming tonight. My next plan is a 10gal display tank - Fuge.