razi burney
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I have a 150G reef and am having issues keeping the water clean. I have 1 chevron, 1 blackcap, 1 australian harleqin tusk, 1 long nose butterfly in there. Tank has a 150lb lr and is substrate bottom. Basic cleanup crew is available and all water perimeters are within guidelines.
I have this setup since 7 months but my Eheim professional filter keeps on throwing dirt/sand kind of stuff. I am unable to figure this out and have already exchanged the filter thinking there might be something wrong with it.
I feed them flakes, formula 1, fomula 2 and brine shrimp plus. Butterfly gets live worms as a treat twice a week. Harlequin tusk just loves brine shrimp plus and will sometimes eat formula 2. It rejects all other food but goes crazy about brine shrimp plus.
My water stays dirty and filter starts throwing the sand/dirt kind of stuff out after feeding the tusk with frozen foods. Can not thaw the cubes as he will never get it. It seems like it is the small particles from the cubes that thaw out while floating in the tank before the tusk gets it.
Any ideas how to get rid of this problem. Tusk eventually gets stressed out from this dirt as it attached to its skin. I see butterfly getting irritated as well. I have placed a Micron filter and floss in penguin 330 filter that i just purchased last week for this sole reason. Either of them can not pull this mess out and its an ongoing thing. Can't starve fish.
Is there anything I can do to get rid of this ? Is this normal with frozen food that it leaves unused small particles in water. Water changes can't get to them either. What can I do to get rid of this problem. This dirt is usually at the top of the tank.
Here is my equipment:
skimmer, eheim professional filter, penguin 330, magnum 220, 2 802 blowers, 1 rio 600 blower.
Any help is appreciated.
I have this setup since 7 months but my Eheim professional filter keeps on throwing dirt/sand kind of stuff. I am unable to figure this out and have already exchanged the filter thinking there might be something wrong with it.
I feed them flakes, formula 1, fomula 2 and brine shrimp plus. Butterfly gets live worms as a treat twice a week. Harlequin tusk just loves brine shrimp plus and will sometimes eat formula 2. It rejects all other food but goes crazy about brine shrimp plus.
My water stays dirty and filter starts throwing the sand/dirt kind of stuff out after feeding the tusk with frozen foods. Can not thaw the cubes as he will never get it. It seems like it is the small particles from the cubes that thaw out while floating in the tank before the tusk gets it.
Any ideas how to get rid of this problem. Tusk eventually gets stressed out from this dirt as it attached to its skin. I see butterfly getting irritated as well. I have placed a Micron filter and floss in penguin 330 filter that i just purchased last week for this sole reason. Either of them can not pull this mess out and its an ongoing thing. Can't starve fish.
Is there anything I can do to get rid of this ? Is this normal with frozen food that it leaves unused small particles in water. Water changes can't get to them either. What can I do to get rid of this problem. This dirt is usually at the top of the tank.
Here is my equipment:
skimmer, eheim professional filter, penguin 330, magnum 220, 2 802 blowers, 1 rio 600 blower.
Any help is appreciated.