About the throw in the towl

reefwars · #1 08-31-2010, 07:15 PM

+2 drop the fluval. you can syphon out a bit at a time but it takes time to go away i would consider running some carbon or a uv sterilizer. if your going to remove your fish and corals it leaves you a good oppurtunity to do a very large water change,cut your lights, move around rock as the problem you have you may not see because your looking at the whole picture.are you running a sump??? like someone said post your exact tank details right from parameters to livestock to when they were added and any meds or additives you have used. you said you get your water from an lfs is this store trusted?? hope this helps some times its hard trying to find the cause of problems when our water checks perfect

BlueWorldAquatic · #2 08-31-2010, 07:25 PM

Don't assume any RO from a store is good. If the filters are not changed at regular basis, the water is not any better than tap water.

Also how you prep your food can be a problem also, do you use tank water to thaw it out? do you rinse the food? etc...

Ken

Captainhemo · #3 08-31-2010, 07:35 PM

If you are removing your fish etc, try this:http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s..._ID=ulf-slimer
I used it years ago and it actually worked, follow directions .
Also, get rid of the fluval or at least the sponges, use the rest for carbon etc

Red Coral Aquariums · #4 08-31-2010, 10:29 PM

freerider pop into the new Red Coral store opening on Saturday Sept. 04 and we can go over some options. I will be there all day.

Kevin

Slick Fork · #5 08-31-2010, 11:07 PM

I'll add another vote to ditching the cannister. Try a 3 day blackout... no lights at all and then actinics only on the 4th back to regular lighting on the 5th.

The Grizz · #6 09-01-2010, 01:31 AM

I had a mass break out when I first started with a 65gal and a canister filter. I had to clean out the filter weekly, used a high quality carbon and a phos remover. I then started Coral Snow and a UV and with in a week I noticed a big reduction of ALL algea. Just my 2 cents.

marie · #7 09-01-2010, 02:37 AM

The other thing to check is to make sure it's cyano and not dinoflagellates. If your corals are dying I would suspect dino's (aka brown snot algae)

Madreefer · #8 09-01-2010, 02:39 AM

I used to run a cannister when I first started as well. Who has'nt? If you do plan on running your tank with what you have than I recommend you do this. Take everything out of the cannister and just use live rock rubble instead. You can also put a bag of carbon in as well. Just like others have said, "it's just a nitrate trap."

outacontrol · #9 09-01-2010, 03:25 AM

+10 on getting rid of the fluval, when I started out I was running a fluval 404 and after about a year I started having big algae problems, ditched the filter added a few mexican turbo snails and things turned around completely.