Michika's 28g long nano-esque tank!

[Skimmerking]

cath pm me a picture im curious, i thought about something... do you clean your filter socks and if so what are you cleaning them with

[michika]

Okay some photos;

FTS of after the reconstruction.


First zoas to open


Longest surviving non-fish thing I have.


New crocea clam from a couple of weeks ago.


Everything is a bit blue, I swapped out my MH bulb a couple of weeks ago.

[adidas]

just a thought about the GHA, how old are all your bulbs?

[michika]

Bulbs are between two and three weeks old.

[adidas]

Originally Posted by michika

Bulbs are between two and three weeks old.

ok good

[michika]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

cath pm me a picture im curious, i thought about something... do you clean your filter socks and if so what are you cleaning them with

I clean my filter socks every second day and I do it with hot water and a double rinse in the washer. Sometimes I have to wash them twice.

[adidas]

Originally Posted by michika

I clean my filter socks every second day and I do it with hot water and a double rinse in the washer.

maybe something leeches outta the washer?

[imisky]

hey sorry for the late reply on the carbon dosing, as a rule of thumb.. i dose 0.5mls for a 10g but i started low and slowly moved up. i also made sure that i dose multiple types of carbon sources so i do not get a mono bacteria culture. i dose this every other day instead of every day like most people that use vodka and im having some what of a success with GHA. a good thing about dosing so little is i have yet to get cloudy water, nor the white film that develop on the rocks and etc..

if your still considering dosing carbon to a certain point ive sent u a PM with my MSN contact, if you use that just add me

[michika]

Originally Posted by adidas

maybe something leeches outta the washer?

I don't know, I've had the GHA longer then the filter socks, but its something to consider. I do rinse the washer before putting the socks in. Any other ideas on washing them? I've tried it by hand, but they don't come as clean.

[adidas]

Originally Posted by michika

I don't know, I've had the GHA longer then the filter socks, but its something to consider. I do rinse the washer before putting the socks in. Any other ideas on washing them? I've tried it by hand, but they don't come as clean.

was thinking about it causing sps to die...