Nitrate problem with 29g, last post..

buy a few filter socks....make them catch the water that comes from the drain...change them every 3-4days...once uve used them all throw them in the washer with some bleach..run an extra rinse cycle....and ur ready to go again

 

Was that being sarcastic? haha! so i should just take them out? and have nothing in there filtering it? all of this will be moved to my 29g before friday..But I do have a filter pad, bioballs, i will have about 35lbs of LR inthere, 40lbs of sand..And a skimmer.

 

take a small piece of live rock from another tank and crush it into tiny bits and use that for media, take the bio balls out.

 

Nice pic of your tank. Well done!


I would start taking those bio balls out, a few at a time over a couple weeks period, until they are no longer in your tank. Replace them with some chunks of LR. Bio balls, the plastic ones that come with the Bio Cube, are nitrate factories. The current amount of LR in your tank serves as your biological filter with your skimmer removing organics.

I use the API as well, both Salt and Reef Masters. I test all of them and when I am done I rinse them all out and take a paper towel inside each tube until it is clean and dry and looks brand spanking new. If you have some distilled water or some bottled water you might try testing it hoping that you get a reading of 0.

Here is a diagram of my 14g BC I used when I had a bubble problem...

 

hey zoanthids when you test with API how long do you wait before evaluating results? just curious because im testing for ammonia and after waiting for 5 minutes its 0 ammonia, but a while later its at .25 ammonia...?

 

Thx! I will start 2night..as i did say, i am transferin all into the 29g..I am going to copy and paste your thing into something where i can save it if you dont mind? it look like something that could come into handy with the 29g? whats your opinion on that?

 

I wait 10mins, but it should pop up in 5 mins..I just test, get on here for 20 mins, go check it out and yeah..haha

 

it is a beautiful tank, also that filtration blue-print would work fantastic on a 29 biocube.

 

yeah well im practically on here a lot of my time because theres really nothing to do at my house lol. I've studied for my Greek midterm and now im on here

 

ha! im doing that same crap! greek mythology is the worst.