Canister help anyone????

gabbie

gabbie

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I own a fluval( even tough I dont like to admit it). I am having a problem with the trates and trites.
The tank has been running for 4 months now. We have been recently adding southdown to get a DSB
Everytime we add a little bit of the sand cleaned within a few days or so we have a trace of nitrite. So is it the sand??? Or the canister?? We tested the tap water and the sand water there was a little trace of trite in the sand water from the bucket we were cleaning the sand in.
So my question is what exactly do you clean when you clean your fluval out everything but the baskets??? Also how often the sponges ive been cleaning out weekly., But I never cleaned the canister till I cleaned It ALL out last night.
Our tank is 55 gallon fluval canister , new seaclone skimmer, Over the head regular filter we added when the we had the last trite problem, which was two weeks ago.
We have cleaner shrimp, scopias tang, bangai cardinal, percula clown. 1 serpant star. 2 hermits and a baby snowfake eel.which is about 7 inches.
Thanks gabbie
 
joerdie

joerdie

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i acually had a similar experience on my old tank. i had a 55g with a fluval 404. my trites where okay so i think it is your water and not your sand adding to the trites. there where a lot of things i did wrong on that tank (so many in fact that it would take 2 or 3 pages to list) but here was the biggest. no skimmer and no water changes!!!! how on earth i thought i was in good shape is beyond me. my trates where above 250ppm (above the scale) and all of the coral (witch should not have been there anyway) was dead or dieing. i dont think you are having this problem but with trates at this point from what i know about your tank try putting a nitrate sponge in the top leval of the canister. do this after a rather large water change 25-50%. i know it sounds like a hassle but you need to nip this little problem before it becomes a big one. hope this helps PS what are the acual levals of trite and trate?
 
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