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Its not that big of a problem Cindy I know you and the hubby can do it.. Matt here is my line of thinking on Cindy's woes. When looking at the...
I think thier must have been a little confusion over what I said. I think the sand should be completely removed, I really dont like the little at a...
I dontthink thier is a way to make this sytem total biologically filtered. its just not big enough. I would say some good old fashioned syphoning...
No problem Cindy thiers always a way to work through things. Doing waters changes is a good plan for righ now, this should help both your nitrate and...
Yea Dx using cure like nitrate media are pretty much just bandaids. the problem will stay until it is dealt with. You can have that much of a bioload...
dx7fd2 I would have to lean that 23 fish in a 120 might be a little much. Looking at the nitrate and Phosphate levels its easy to say that it is...
Great point Mike! Oooops Mike I edited your post instead of quoting by accident! Can you please bail me out?
Hi John John I am not sure which part your wanting me to explain but I will give it a shot, let me know if I didnt answer what you wanted. On the...
I thought that I may throw a touch into the discussion. On the calcium binding up the Phosphates. It will for sure as long as thier is a seed...
Jason thier is alot of tissue loss going on thier, that alone could cause and over night rtn. I would frag what is left and move it to another...
pathogenic bacteria, protozoa and virus are killed at around 15,000 µW sec/cm2. Ich falls into that catagory. The concept as to how it works with ich...
Did you see any levels of ammonia or nitrites or nitrates at any time??? 18 days seems a little quick. The LR will color up and liven up with time...
How about mount it in the back of the stand, behind the tank. plumb your drainline into it then back to the sump??? other then that I am with Scotts...
the unit it submersable with the exception of the top. I would just reduce down to a PH and submerse the whole unit leaving the top portion clear of...
Looks good Scott. One last precaution if you wish is to have the skimmer out put drain into a gab with carbon in it. the carbon will kill any active...
ORP is just a measurement of the battle between oxidizers and reducers, to much of eith and your tank dies. Alot of folks believe that it can be a...
yea that would work, they work horizontal or vertical. You could get away with a 25 watt no problem to. Heat is not an issue with UV from my...
Dave that is the one I was talking about. I guess they have come down in price a bit. You get the whole unit with ballast and bulb. I have four run...
Thier is a little more effective way to try Jason and Pipe. If you soak (dethaw) your frozen food in straight RO/DI water you will remove far more...
Thier nice but I perfer the Rainbow life guard units better. 40 watts for 2 hundred Mike
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