Cleaning up!?!?

[salt one]

ok, i have a 75 gallon reef tank with a little over 50 pounds of live rock and 2 tangs, 1 manderian, i anglefish, and some corals and i have alot of waste left on the bottom and in the rock, i just got a coral banded shrimp and i thought he would keep stuff clean, but nothin doing.. what is something other than a hermit crab that would keep my tank clean ?

 

[tonylip]

If your tangs crap as much as mine no creature will help IMO what I do is, with my return line from the sump I spray it down the back of the tank and all the waste makes its way to the overflow I move it from one corner to the center then to the other corner and the bottom stays reletively clean! and I change my pre filter pad constantly!!

 

[mr . salty]

I also have tangs, and to solve my problem I placed one of my powerheads at the bottom. It is aiming towards the front and accross the tank to push the ---- to the overflow. I'm thinking agout getting a couple of saltwater cats to see if they help out.LFS has two small ones that look pretty cool....Anyone have info on these guy's? STEVE

 

[kmr]

Salt One,
This is due to poor circulation. The trick is to keep the waste in the water column. I had to play with my PH's for alittle while to get them just right. Remember that it only takes a small adjustment to make a big difference.

[This message has been edited by KMR (edited 07-28-2000).]