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| Posted | Problems or not ! |
| 02-10-2007 14:41 by tomdoc |
I have just changed my filteration to the berlin system using filter wool to pull out any materials to save the live rock doing most of the work ... i changed my filteration aboutr 2 weeks ago and have been changin the wool every1-2 days .. my question is when can i have an anemone i understand that nitrate must be low if not 0 same with phostphate.. i tested my water after the filtration change and had a slight spike which was expected... but now i have tested and it is coming back as fine with nitrate and phostphate. i have my metal halides on for 12 hours which i have been told is too long .. could this be the reason for brown algea building up .. my lps said my water was fine when they tested it .. the reason i think it is the lights is because i left them off all day yestuday and night and this morning i could not see any brown ? |
| 02-10-2007 16:49 by bluboy |
i dont keep marines but i heard that the maximum amount of light they should get is about 8 hours....correct me if im wrong |
| 02-10-2007 17:00 by tomdoc |
yeah it is 8 hours so i need to cut mine down .. but am i gettin algea from this which could kill an anemone .. but my nitrate and phostphate are ok
i just need to no if i have a very close 0 reading on both and im gettin Brown algea caused by to much light does this mean it will kill my anemone ? |
| 02-10-2007 17:23 by trik |
Your NO4 needs to be 0 as for the NO3 it needs to be as low as poss, been as though you have just changed the filtration i would leave it for a while for the live rock to kick in, what circulation do you have in the tank, ie power heads LPH, and what size tank in litters is it? how muck LR have you got and do you have a sump, sorry for all the Q but if you give us an idea we may be able to help, also what is your stock at the mo.
Richard |
| 02-10-2007 17:23 by telboy |
hi tomdoc,try this forum mate excellent + freindly advice http://www.reefsuk.org/forum/index.php |
| 02-10-2007 17:26 by tomdoc |
flow is well over is around 80000-10000lph -- the tank is 350l in size and is the trigon 350 .. live rock 60kg |
| 02-10-2007 17:32 by trik |
Well all seems fine, just let the LR settle in to its new job, and keep changing that floss for a small while, then leave the floss out, and your LR will thrive aswell as the tank |
| 02-10-2007 17:34 by tomdoc |
oh right i herd on another forum that by keeping the floss in and changing it weekly for the rest of your marine expericen is beeter as it totally save the rock doing any of the work because you remove it before it gets to the rock |
| 02-10-2007 17:35 by trik |
Just worked out your flow , i would increase it a bit more at 10000lph you only have 28 times turn over an hour, i would be looking at around 40 in a berlin system. |
| 02-10-2007 17:37 by trik |
Your LR is the filter in a berlin , if you filter out every thing what is the bacteria going to live on |
| 02-10-2007 19:19 by tomdoc |
my external filter has live rock in with a layer of filter wool so which catches waaste and larger particals .. once a week i take it out and replace it .. www.marinefishfourm.co.uk.. many people are doing this with sucess |
| 03-10-2007 22:42 by Ed |
Tom the live rock needs light to work otherwise you will be pumping dead organisms back into your tank,the only time live rock needs no light is when it is curing ie all the organic matter gets skimmed off then into some decent lighting and it will spring into life.Light is life tom for the marine world without it you have dead rock doing nothing. |
| 03-10-2007 23:03 by telboy |
i think tomdoc means live rock rubble in his filter ed? alotta folk use it now as an extra media in externals + sumps, me included |
| 03-10-2007 23:20 by tomdoc |
yep thats what i use live rock rubble with 60kg in the tank and filter wool right at the top on the external filter which i chnge on a regualar basis .. and i have to say my tank has improved !!! before i had issuses with nitrate but now its not so intence just have the nitrate left over from the change over .. no sponges anymore inb my external .. just lr rows and wool ! |
| 04-10-2007 18:04 by Ed |
I use it in my sump with the light on permenant ,not sure if any good inside cannister with no light. |
| 04-10-2007 18:12 by telboy |
yeah it works ed,ya only need the light for algae/coraline growth,since i got the nano from you ive joined loadsa marine forums + everyone seems to be using it this way! so when ya selling up matey,seen any discus that tickles ya fancy? im selling off most of my cichlid collection to pay for some bits on my marine setup,wanna get me a CHEAP skimmer,t5 lights,would like a sump but got no room!,get some more corals,some nice algae,maybe a small fish or 2,need some more salt! the list goes on n on...  |
| 04-10-2007 18:24 by Ed |
Make the sump out of a small poly box tel i have some perspex and silicone,i put the aquarium on ebay but the pics are bad. |
| 04-10-2007 18:30 by telboy |
ed anything i might be interested in left? |
| 07-10-2007 00:57 by Ste |
Tel ive been told by Barry at the goldfish bowl that the TMC V2 skimmers are good and they are cheap . a 1600 thats the biggest one' can skim up to 350 gallon aquaria . if you get them from swell uk they are about £160. obviously the smaller ones are cheaper |
| 07-10-2007 19:00 by telboy |
cheers ste,but this is telboy ya talking to,im thinking more along the lines of a 2nd hand jobbie £30-£40ish |
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