canister media quesetion

meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by isthatright
http:///forum/post/3203325
boy thay was a quick response, yeah i'm glad it's only a polyp, hows your flame hawk?
Swimming around

except it hides when I go near the tank...lol...but it's alive
thanks for asking
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by isthatright
http:///forum/post/3203353
hey got a question, is reef dip thesame as the lugols coral dip u use? my lfs says he can order for me .
I think it is just another variation......I have heard Lugols is the best
I also have a coral dip...never opened it though
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by isthatright
http:///forum/post/3203374
i looked at the pics u showed earlier n it looks like u have a zoo if so did u dip it?
I have dipped a few once......but just for a few minutes, then rinsed in a bucket of tankwater before putting it in tank
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by isthatright
http:///forum/post/3203380
are there only certain ones u dip, i would like to buy one this month maybe from a lfs close by.
I am not sure....I have heard not to dip zoas, and I have heard you can
that might be a good zoa section question
 
bms

bms

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Originally Posted by isthatright
http:///forum/post/3201815
it holds 4 bags of carbon, changed my white sponges n couldn't believe the bugs in my canister. next time i'll change my carbon
ISTHATRIGHT, do you use carbon bags in all 4 trays? usually its the just one of the bottom trays you leave the carbon in then the other trays you can use whatever you want. In mine i have carbon, a medical stone that is supposed to keep fish healthy and boost their immune systems, a nitrate remover (only if my levels get high), a phosphate remover, and a bio ceramics for anaerobic bacteria to colonize. also just a tip, usually when you change the white sponge pads you only do them one at a time to reduce the amount of nitrogen decomposing bacteria you are removing. i usually change one so it can repopulate with bacteria colonies, then 2 weeks to 4 weeks later i change the next one. this way you dont remove all of your bacteria living in there and risk having an increase in ammonia levels. hope that helps. gluck!
 
isthatright

isthatright

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hey bms
thanks for your input,i have in my fluval what came in it. yes i did remove all 4 white filters, but i didn't remove anything else. i figured there was enough bacteria left behind it would'nt hurt. the living critters in it were crazy, all squiggly n wiggly eewww! the 2 bottom containers had carbon n the 2 top had these little whitebarrels. i was told to use clearmax in 1 of the canisters but i read to use caution with inverts n corals ,so i decided not to use it.some one suggested to use chemi pure instead, it safe for eveything. next time i'll change less but all looks ok, didn't loose anything
 
mie

mie

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Next time you open up your fluval wipe the rubber o ring down with vegetable oil, this will prevent it from developing micro cracks.
(personal experience)
 
bms

bms

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no problem. what size is your tank? one thing i would recommend doing is removing one layer of carbon if you tank isnt too large and adding either a medical stone (i swear by this stuff--i had a fish that was badly wounded by my powder brown and i put this stuff in along with marine max and i swear 3/4 days he was swimming around as if nothing had ever happened). i at one point had a pretty bad hair algae and red cyano bacteria outbreak and another product i use because of this is i believe called "phos-ban" or something like that and it comes in a little pouch (larger ones for larger tanks) and i rinsed and added it to my canister filter and it cleared the algae up within a week! This may not be the exact name as i know there are tons of phosphate eliminating products out there but it comes in a white jar and is the cheapest by far. maybe like 9.99-11.99 for a jar that will work up to 55 gallons.
 
isthatright

isthatright

Member
Originally Posted by bms
http:///forum/post/3204440
no problem. what size is your tank? one thing i would recommend doing is removing one layer of carbon if you tank isnt too large and adding either a medical stone (i swear by this stuff--i had a fish that was badly wounded by my powder brown and i put this stuff in along with marine max and i swear 3/4 days he was swimming around as if nothing had ever happened). i at one point had a pretty bad hair algae and red cyano bacteria outbreak and another product i use because of this is i believe called "phos-ban" or something like that and it comes in a little pouch (larger ones for larger tanks) and i rinsed and added it to my canister filter and it cleared the algae up within a week! This may not be the exact name as i know there are tons of phosphate eliminating products out there but it comes in a white jar and is the cheapest by far. maybe like 9.99-11.99 for a jar that will work up to 55 gallons.
i have a 90 n i wanted to switch out 1 layer of carbon n put chemi pure in to make it clearer. i never heard of a medical stone, do you use it only when things are going wrong or leave in as a prevenative? the red cyano i think i had in my 55 fo tank but i just kept cleaning and bleaching my decorations to try to keep ahead of it, i didn't use anything from that tank,rocks or decoration cause i didn't want to get that red algae again, so only transfered my fish n bought lr n ls n started over all new in my 90. thanks for the info
 
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