55gallon Salt

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  1. pgoodsell

    pgoodsell Horrid Stonefish

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    Ya I do replace them once a month, but rinse them out every week. Helps keep nitrates down is all.
     
    pgoodsell, Apr 22, 2009
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  2. gfunk823

    gfunk823 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    if anything i would do reverse flow if your going to keep the undergravel filter its much better than just a regular undergravel filter
     
    gfunk823, Apr 22, 2009
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  3. scubba.steve

    scubba.steve Coral Banded Shrimp

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    The undergravel filter was removed a month ago, as stated in previous post
     
    scubba.steve, Apr 22, 2009
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  4. gfunk823

    gfunk823 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    sry lol i didnt realize how old this was i never check for some reason :p
     
    gfunk823, Apr 22, 2009
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  5. GuitarMan89

    GuitarMan89 Giant Squid

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    The aquascape looks much better now, it looks a lot more organized. I use to run a HOB filter on my 55. I cleaned the filter pads every 2 weeks, as they developed a lot of gunk on them fairly quickly. I would replace them every month. The main reason I cleaned was that the stuff that was on them impeded the water flow.
     
    GuitarMan89, Apr 22, 2009
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  6. scubba.steve

    scubba.steve Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Scubba.steve got a job!!!
    Working nightshift at the local weigles!!!!!
    Frags soon to come!!!!!!
     
    scubba.steve, Apr 24, 2009
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  7. pgoodsell

    pgoodsell Horrid Stonefish

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    lol gratz on the job :)
     
    pgoodsell, Apr 24, 2009
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  8. scubba.steve

    scubba.steve Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Well ditched the crushed coral and added 25pounds of Este's Ultimate Reef Marine Sand.
    However while in the process of cleaning my skimmer, the venturi needle wheel snapped in half.......
    I stole a needle wheel out of an old powerhead
     
    scubba.steve, May 5, 2009
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  9. Johnnie Mac

    Johnnie Mac Bristle Worm

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    Congrats...
    Hope everything continues to progress for you....
    :biggrinbo
     
    Johnnie Mac, May 5, 2009
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  10. scubba.steve

    scubba.steve Coral Banded Shrimp

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    So i decided to upgrade my powerheads this weekend. Installed two Koralia 3's in each corner facing each other. Luckly for me the Lfs was having a customer appreciation day.
    All Supplements were on sale!!
    I got
    3 17ounce bottles of coral accel
    2 17ounce bottles of calcium vital
    1 17ounce bottle of purple tech
    1 17ounce bottle of form
    All bottles were $4.00 each.
    Pic's to follow with my next post!
     
    scubba.steve, May 20, 2009
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