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Old 02-20-2012, 02:01 PM
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lol this is what he means by scrubber
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lol this is what he means by scrubber
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Lol my new answer is...because I have never seen one of of those before.
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Lol my new answer is...because I have never seen one of of those before.
I've seen them on the internet many times but not in person, I've read that they work well. I wonder if they stink.
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I've seen them on the internet many times but not in person, I've read that they work well. I wonder if they stink.
I'm guessing they would stink, like a skimmer, wouldn't they?
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I'm going to guess you don't have a diatom issue. I don't think I've ever seen a diatom issue in tanks older than 6 weeks. Your description also doesn't match up. Get as good a pic as you can up, let's see if we can figure out what you do have!
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I'm going to guess you don't have a diatom issue. I don't think I've ever seen a diatom issue in tanks older than 6 weeks. Your description also doesn't match up. Get as good a pic as you can up, let's see if we can figure out what you do have!
I've posted a picture, and here is another one.

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That is the same junk that was ALL over my sand to. I siphoned out what I could get at & after topping up my pellets it was gone in a few week.
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That is the same junk that was ALL over my sand to. I siphoned out what I could get at & after topping up my pellets it was gone in a few week.
Good to know Greg. I'll continue siphoning and get my pellets up to 4 cups and hopefully things will start to change.
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That is the same junk that was ALL over my sand to. I siphoned out what I could get at & after topping up my pellets it was gone in a few week.
Will GFO work instead of pellets?
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