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I have had my tank running for a year now and I've had a high nitrate problem for about six months now. I was wondering if it was ok for me to remove them, because I read that they can be nitrate builders. I was thinking of putting them in a bucket for a month and seeing if the nitrates...

It's been running for almost a year now. I started out with tap water. I've been doing constant water changes with RO water since. As for lighting it's the standard single tube fixture that came with the tank. I haven't got around to changing them yet. What type of sufficient lighting could...

It's conterproductive to a sandbed. It feeds on the very things you try to produce. The post that you read that said that they were ok (IMO) meant that sometimes the sandbed production is far greater than the sand sifters detruction. I have a sand sifting star with a dsb. I brought it not...

I have a bad case of the brown algae all over my substrate and l/r. It's now turned dark brown almost red and slimmy looking, It's so bad now that it's waving in the wind. I recently added another powerhead (802) and my other is a powersweep (214). I have a 125 gal. tank and that should be...

I have a 8 inch Mappa Puffer and a Sand Sifting Star. I have 45 lbs. of l/r and about 3 inches of l/s. You mentioned something about disturbed substrate. Yes, I vacumed the sand because I have a bad algae breakout. Maybe that's what it was.

I tested my water today and the nitrates were at 140 ppm, nitrites 1.0 ppm, Ammonia 1.0 ppm and the Ph at 8.4. The nitrates were always a problem for me. I wasn't able to reduce it, even through frequent water changes. I was told I should try to lower the nitrates but they were no immediate...

Is that all because I thought it might be more if not that's good news. Very good news. Thanks

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I want to know how much money I'm spending a month on electricity from my tank. I also want to know the total output that comes from my tank. I'm not sure exactly what you need but here's what I can give you now. (2) Powerheads: ZOOMED POWERSWEEP 214 & POWERHEAD 802 115v 60Hz 9.5w...

fishymissy, no need to apologizd it was and still is a great idea. Even though I lost some life there is still some in there. Every three to six months I think I would do it again. I just wouldn't recommend it to be done frequently.

I have one and it works great. You'll never have to put your arm in the water again. If you have sand I suggest that you don't go too close to the sand cause sand sometimes get in between the magnet and the brush and can scrap your glass. It's a must buy, you'll enjoy it.

How do you all hide your powerheads or do you just leave them out in the open? I think that looks tacky!

I have a 8 inch Mappa Puffer named P Diddy.

You guys are right. I posted yesterday and today I see no signs of life in my sand bed. A little bit, but not much. So I apologize for the previous post. Vacuming does work but if you have dsb I don't recommend you do it, if so not often.

Thanks you guys I removed most of the caulerpa algea and vacumed the sand (great idea) and everything is going great the sand looks better except for some pieces that I wouldn't come up in the vacum or the net so I just left it. You all were right I do need another powerhead and I need to...

I actually just got finish vacuming my dsb. The other post are right about the critters doing the job of the vacum. I needed it because I had a red algae bloom on top of my sand. I also have a aggressive fish so it's next to impossible for me to buy a clean up crew. If you find the need to...

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I'm going to ask 3 questions in one post since any other topic I post seems to go untouched. OK, the first of my questions is that I added some caulerpa algae that I added to my tank to reduce the nitrates and it's not doing the job I thought it would and it's dying. The problem is it's...

I've just found out what I really didn't want to hear. That the sand sifter feeds off of the l/s. I have a 125 gal. tank with 3 1/2 inches of l/s and about 41lbs of l/r( I'll add more of both later). Is it possible to leave him in there without him doing too much damage? He's about 3 inches...