To kill or Not to Kill

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  1. onecansay

    onecansay Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    I have a situation. I run a bare bottom tank. Detritus is created and needs to be removed for cleanliness. Unfortunately, the small blue feather dusters are clinging to the bare bottom and this crap detritus. I do not wish to suck up life while getting rid of the detritus. Am I being too anal in this quest?:confused:
    some call me frank
     
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  2. techno2

    techno2 Stylophora

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    Well, Frank..
    If you are running bare bottom w/ no live rock, or are you ? I would think you are lacking in a Bio Filter that would get rid of this stuff naturally. Do you have any cleaner crews for spare food droppings and such ?

    One way or another you need to clean the tank, if it isn't the tank itsself, then you need to perform maintenance. Vacuum would be too much I suspect. What I do is use a net and kinda swoosh around the area and scoop the floaties with the net.



    \Good Luck
     
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  3. reef_guru

    reef_guru Humpback Whale

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    if you produce more flow on the bottom of the tank then the particles will be free floating and leave the main tank to a different filtration system such as a filter bag
     
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  4. onecansay

    onecansay Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Wow. Maybe I gave the wrong info! This detritus seems to come from the rock and/or circulation sloughing off the rock. My flow in the main 50G tank comes from a MG 950 and i have 4 Hydor Koralia #4's and 2 Hydor Koralia #2 for movement. With this movement I get this detritus. My question is: Life is Life, no matter how small. Is a feather duster small, on the bare bottom attached to some crap detritus worth anything? Tank is doing just fine.
    some call me frank
     
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  5. reef_guru

    reef_guru Humpback Whale

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    thats personal preference
     
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  6. onecansay

    onecansay Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    OK, thank you.
    some call me frak
     
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  7. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Those small FD are usually attached to something(LR), are they attached to the floor? If they are, they shouldnt get sucked up when you clean the floor. If the suction is really strong, just bend the hose a little every time you get near the FD's. some call me Luna
     
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  8. onecansay

    onecansay Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    ;DOK Luna. But my name is frank and that is why I am so!
    When you have so much control over such finite things, it gives some pause when it comes to elimination! Who is your master?
    some call me frank
     
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  9. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Hey, I was just kidding about the "some call me luna". Dont take it personall. My master? I dont know who is my master, I havent met him/her yet. But I know who are my makers.;D
     
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  10. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    eat it.....(that's my standard answer from now on :lol::lol: LOL man... I crack me up!)
     
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