sfin52
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I clean in tap and then a final rise in rodi water.
sfin52
So many pedestrians so little time
No problem. Now the light. Your coral and nems are going to struggle with the light
Yeah so I was told to run led 25k lights or t5 witch they want like 800$ for and both store sell current led bars and the fluval led bars what would you recommend on a medium budget willing to do like 350-400 is going to be affordable if I save up for it
I have almost the same issues. I have a 75g that I run on an FX6 cannister for almost 3 years. My nitrates are almost always between 40 and 80, but I have pretty much all softies. As others have stated clean your filter media/sponges. Take the cannister apart and rinse in some "clean" saltwater. Could be the water you take out from a water change. Try to get the sponge/media to run as clear as you think it will get with manual rinsing. Add some chemipure too if you don't already and as much as this sucks you will have to clean it out like that at least every 2 weeks. This is the reason I'm upgrading to a tank with a sump. Love the hobby but cannisters are a pain. Spend too much time on maintenance. Good luck hope it helps you out.
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sfin52
So many pedestrians so little time
There are good black boxes if you wanted valspar and Mars are good option for led.
If you want t5ho than hydroplanet is a good option. Bulbs will have to be replaced.
I have one and it has been really good. Went to add a second ( bigger tank) and had to get vispar. They look almost identical and about the same price and quality.
That’s what I would do as I worry about keeping the good bacteria.
For my canister (fx6) I had each tray loaded with live rock. Essentially just increasing the live rock in the system a bit and using the canister as a return pump. Worked great and I didn’t have to clean it that often as there wasn’t a lot of detritus getting caught in it.
Small update
•cleaned canister filter parts
•cleaned air line to skimmer
•vacuumed sand and did a 80% water change
•brought salinity up to 1.025-.026 ish
•vacuumed as much algae off the rock as possible
will test in the morning and see how every is hopefully for the good
•cleaned canister filter parts
•cleaned air line to skimmer
•vacuumed sand and did a 80% water change
•brought salinity up to 1.025-.026 ish
•vacuumed as much algae off the rock as possible
will test in the morning and see how every is hopefully for the good
