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November 25th, 2008, 02:31 AM
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Good Tip on All-in-1 tanks
You may remember my recent post about my troubles getting rid of the last 10ppm of nitrates. Tonight, I took everything (skimmer, heater, grate, bioballs, pump, chaeto, etc.) out of the three back chambers and used a tank vacuum to clean out the chambers. I've never seen such brown, muddy water come out of a tank! It was disgusting. There wasn't 1 inch of visibility in that water. I could see crud down in there with a flashlight but I did not know there was that much. I do filter all water that goes back there thru a piece of floss. If you own an All-in-1, (RedSea Max, Biocube, Ecocube, etc.) Try vacuuming the back chambers or look in there with a flashlight.
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November 25th, 2008, 03:25 AM
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Re: Good Tip on All-in-1 tanks
Thats a great tip Sen.And it also applies to reef ready tanks as well.
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November 25th, 2008, 05:46 AM
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Re: Good Tip on All-in-1 tanks
I clean out my overflows at least once a month. They get all kind of crap in them. Plus I have to dig out the zillion snails that seem to like it in there.
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