swatskee
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ok, i'll admit it..... i was suckered into purchasing 20lb bag of LS and a 40lb bag of CC for my 55g from my LFS when i started up my tank 6 weeks ago. My tank has been running great, cycle finished in good time.... everything looks great. I have 35lb LR, 2 green chromis, 1 emerald crab, 1 pepermint shrimp, 1 mexican turbo snail, 5 astreas, and 10 blue leg hermitls... all is well.... and that completes my setup.
As i read on and on daily, i here more & more about crushed coral........... and not to use it. I've read post about removing it. Well, laying awake at night thinking over and over about this i figured it was better to remove it now than to wait until later once my take has matured or i had any more fish in there. I followed someone's suggestion and removed half of the CC with a net and i'll remove the other half in a week or two. (((it was a pain!!!
I replaced it with another 20lb of LS. I took some test before i did it and my ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 10.
After removing the CC and making a complete mess my reading are now Ammonia 0, nitrites .3mg/l, and nitrates 20. does this sound right to anyone? Could it be from kicking up all the crap from the bottom in the process of removing? I put poly pre-filters in my filter until the dust settled and removed them once it was complete.
In the long run, did i make the right decision in removing the CC??? Please tell me yes.......
swat :help:
As i read on and on daily, i here more & more about crushed coral........... and not to use it. I've read post about removing it. Well, laying awake at night thinking over and over about this i figured it was better to remove it now than to wait until later once my take has matured or i had any more fish in there. I followed someone's suggestion and removed half of the CC with a net and i'll remove the other half in a week or two. (((it was a pain!!!
After removing the CC and making a complete mess my reading are now Ammonia 0, nitrites .3mg/l, and nitrates 20. does this sound right to anyone? Could it be from kicking up all the crap from the bottom in the process of removing? I put poly pre-filters in my filter until the dust settled and removed them once it was complete.
In the long run, did i make the right decision in removing the CC??? Please tell me yes.......
swat :help:
