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I think whatever height the legs put it at. Closer is probably better but not to the point where you can't get into the tank.

agreed. Sounds all right. IMO there is no need for lids and if you block off good airflow then your gas exchange won't be as good. Also if they are glass they may filter out some of the light ( someone might want to comment here. I am not really sure). But only if you are able to top it off...

How much do you feed? The algae may be absorbing the phosphates and nitrates in an equal amount they come in and show no results in tests. Whats the stock of the tank? What kind of cleaner crew do you have? filtration? Snails and other cleaners will definatly help but wont fix the problem.

Originally Posted by AquaKnight People have no problems paying $29.95 annually to be a premium member of some other site, but heaven forbid they pay 1-2 bux to sell something... Good riddance... where's that? All the other forums I go to don't require payment, never even seen these. If I was...

Hmm so your right. Doing a 20g water change tonight ( Will be getting a big trash can soon). And hopefully will be able to do a larger one ( 50%ish) in the next few weeks.

12512.5%= 10. I'm terrible at math so I could still be wrong. I guess it's more a combintionof things which I will be fixing over the next few weeks. Need new salt ( currently has hardened so any sort of water change is going to have to wait until I order more, Need more buckets, worrying that...

Have no clue to the grain size it's on the coarser ends of things. Can easily see the individual grains, like salt. What detrivores would you reccomend? I am going to order salifert tests from swf.com so I could get one order. any ideas?

I asumed 10g a week would be enough. thats 12.5% a week. 12.5x4. That's 50% a month btw, realized that my nitrates were fine until i did water changes

I don't have the capacity to do large water changes.

I use Ro water(just tested for nitrates in it which are 0). VERY porous rock

0 trates from the ro/di

I have tested it 3 times in the last 2 days.

No problem. I don't have a fuge. I have regular playsand as the sand and a 6" DSB. I feed about every third/other day. Testing nitrates from ro/di right now.

Ok, it could be wrong but the test is only a few weeks old.

Originally Posted by florida joe What was the line of progression in your nitrate build up as close as you can recall wow, I'll try. I had Nitrates around 80 for the first year, ( I was using tap water and moat fish died, since have almost complketely replaced with RO/DI0) and then dropped to...

so are you telling me to do water changes or not? Definatly will still do the 5g ones but im confused. All 300lbs is in the DT ( maybe more like 275-290lbs)

tank is almost 3 years old( 3 in feb.) Water changes used to be rare but now im doing 5g twice a week. I use Aquarium Pharmaceuticals tests. I have not verified with other tests but I will order some others from swf.com ( maybe sailfert) soon.

any other suggestions. I really can't think of why this is happening so unless someone has an idea I'm looking more for a cure.

I dont have the capacity to do a large water change but I will try. I will look into the canister filter.

perhaps... cleaned the balls recently, and plus I thought that was why I was switching to lr