jessica47421
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i know this is driving me nuts, the thing that gets me is before i cleaned the canister with tap water everything was wonderful everything was at .
NITRATE problem again!!!
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jessica47421
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that was a while ago, not sure exactly when but a while back.
jessica47421
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yeah there is nothing building water is comming out like always. one thing though i took a tooth pick and went in all the holes of the out put of the canister filter and when i did some brownish water came shoting out. could this be it?
michaeltx
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I have a bad felling its going to be a build up in your plenum and for what ever reason the canister getting cleaned was a trigger or just happened at the same time. let me do some research to see if there is a way to find out if thats the problem besides tearing it up and out.
Mike
Mike
jessica47421
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i want to thank you sooooo much for sticky with me to try and figure this out. i need someone that is experieced in salt water alot more than i am bc i have looked up stuff and just cant seem to figure it out.
jessica47421
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that was a little over a week ago.
worldwide zoo
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How much live rock is in the system?
sepulatian
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What kind of substrate do you have?
jessica47421
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live sand, and no there is no other filteration, probly about 80ibs of lr
tinmanny
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can you pore some water out of the canister filter and then test it you may have a nitrate factory going in there. The give away is that you said that when you poked it brown water came out I would bet the filter is filty and it is holding nitrates and returning them in large quantities test the water and if there is a high nitrate reading shut the filter off for a day and test the tank it may be ok
but test the water in the filter I will bet you find it is much higher than your tank
Good Luck
Manny
but test the water in the filter I will bet you find it is much higher than your tank
Good Luck
Manny
jessica47421
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i know of a guy that runs a 75 with no filter and no skimmer, uv or anything. how does that work?
earlybird
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Originally Posted by jessica47421
i know of a guy that runs a 75 with no filter and no skimmer, uv or anything. how does that work?
Probably a very low bioload, not over feeding, has a deep sand bed (which help) reduce nitrates, a efficient sump with a working fuge and chaeto to catch the detritus.
What is your feeding regimen?
i know of a guy that runs a 75 with no filter and no skimmer, uv or anything. how does that work?
Probably a very low bioload, not over feeding, has a deep sand bed (which help) reduce nitrates, a efficient sump with a working fuge and chaeto to catch the detritus.
What is your feeding regimen?
jessica47421
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forzen once every other or every 2 days.
jessica47421
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no it barried under the sand