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post #101 of 149
1/25/12 at 6:05pm
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Can I wash it with tap water?

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post #102 of 149
1/25/12 at 6:29pm
Thats how i do it lol.
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post #103 of 149
1/25/12 at 7:12pm
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Yeah i was not sure if the chlorine would hurt it!

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post #104 of 149
1/25/12 at 8:47pm
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So I gave it a try and ive been rinsing it for about 45min-1h and it is still spitting black and brown water and little particles everywhere!

 

Im still kind of concerned! 

 

Is this normal for it to take THIS long?

 

Thanks

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post #105 of 149
1/27/12 at 9:32am
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Anyone on the Chemi-Pure issue?

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post #106 of 149
1/27/12 at 10:42am

nope.. only ever took about 15 minutes of powerful water washing for me....

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post #107 of 149
1/31/12 at 8:20pm

I agree with Meowzer, it's totally normal. I made the mistake last time of just plopping the new bag of Chemi-Pure in the sump and a black cloud came out of the output nozzel for a couple of minutes, and then it cleared up. Luckily it didn't hurt anything. I was soooo scared it would though!

 

When I do a weekly water change I always make sure to lightly rinse the bag of Chemi-Pure, black stuff still comes out even then. 

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post #108 of 149
2/1/12 at 2:10pm
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I know i was too worried to just put it in the tank even after rinsing it for 45 min lol 

 

I ended up going to the store and getting a new one and it is working just fine now! thumbsup.gif

 

I now have a poly-filter pad and a chemipure in there, I hope to see the nitrate and phosphate drop over the next couple of days

 

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post #109 of 149
2/1/12 at 6:20pm

Have you thought about using Purigen? I haven't been in this hobby for very long (only 6 months) but I was given some really great advice and started using it and it's worked great at helping to keep my water in good condition. 

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post #110 of 149
2/5/12 at 10:28am
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Have you thought about using Purigen? I haven't been in this hobby for very long (only 6 months) but I was given some really great advice and started using it and it's worked great at helping to keep my water in good condition. 



I was thinking about getting the purigen, at my lfs it was quite expensive so i ended up going with a combination of poly-filter and chemi-pure which was a bit cheaper! 

 

At this point my tank is about 4 weeks going on 5 weeks now and the greyish diatom algae seems to becoming pretty abundant! 

 

What can i add in my CUC right now, can i add an emerald crab yet or should i be waiting a little longer? Same with the cleaner shrimp?

 

Thanks everyone!

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post #111 of 149
2/5/12 at 10:40am

They aren't really gonna have anything to clean becuase your tank just finished cycling? or it is almost done?

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post #112 of 149
2/5/12 at 10:47am
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I was fairly sure it was done cycling i haven't seen any ammonia or niTRITE for about two weeks after the initial level spikes!

 

How much longer do you think i should wait?

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post #113 of 149
2/5/12 at 10:53am

What about your nitrate, once these hit zero or extremely close to zero, you know your tank is ready

 

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I was fairly sure it was done cycling i haven't seen any ammonia or niTRITE for about two weeks after the initial level spikes!

 

How much longer do you think i should wait?



 

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post #114 of 149
2/5/12 at 11:03am
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I mean the niTRATE was 15 when I last checked, still on its way down!

 

I put in my filter a poly-filter and Chemi-pure which decreased it a bit, but for the most part its on the decline thumbsup.gif

 

 

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post #115 of 149
2/5/12 at 11:08am

Yeah, you are almost there though

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post #116 of 149
2/5/12 at 11:26am
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Alrighty, I shall wait a couple days to see what the water levels are.

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post #117 of 149
2/6/12 at 1:00pm
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Ok, so i put a fairly large bag of Purigen in my filter last night and my niTRATE levels are about <5 right now thumbsup.gif

 

The algae is starting to turn my sand brown and get a little nasty. 

 

What would you recommend would be the best to clean this up?

 

Thanks!

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post #118 of 149
2/6/12 at 1:24pm



 

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Ok, so i put a fairly large bag of Purigen in my filter last night and my niTRATE levels are about <5 right now thumbsup.gif

 

The algae is starting to turn my sand brown and get a little nasty. 

 

What would you recommend would be the best to clean this up?

 

Thanks!


All you need is a good cleaning crew( snails and some hermit crabs) the Brown algae will go away and usually is replaced with green algae the fun never stops that's why this is a great time to get your cleaning crew in the tank until a thing that can help with the Brown algae is a phosphorous remover, phosphorus removers also removes silica the Brown algae in your tank feeds on silica

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post #119 of 149
2/6/12 at 1:44pm
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I might go pick up some hermits tomorrow then, would it be to early for an emerald crab?

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post #120 of 149
2/6/12 at 1:49pm
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I might go pick up some hermits tomorrow then, would it be to early for an emerald crab?



yes it would be a little early in my opinion

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