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Posted by Marc Levenson on July 1, 2005, 9:15 am
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Hi Mike,
You should be changing 25% of the tank's volume each month. Is it 200L
or 250L?
You need snails and hermit crabs in your tank, which will consume this
stuff. They are commonly referred to as a 'clean-up crew'. There are
lots of kinds of animals you can use, but the favorites are nassarius
snails, cucumbers and fighting conchs for the sand; Astrea, Cerith and
Turbo snails for the glass and rock. You can view these little animals
on my ID page. Turn off your pop-up stopper, and click on the images to
see larger pictures with some documentation for each creature.
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/
Marc
Michael Lawford wrote:
> My LFS say that it is because my tank is starting but I expected it to be
> gone by now.
>
> Answers to the questions:
>
> 1) How often do you do water changes? Do you use RO/DI or tap water?
> 2) What are your nitrate/nitrite levels?
> 3) How long do you leave lights on in tank? What kelvin/type of lights?
> 4) Is there direct sunlight in the tank?
> 5) Do you have snails/crabs/algae pack in you tank?
> 6) Do you have a sump/refugem?
>
> 1) Once per month - 25l of RO for my 200-250L tank.
> 2) 0
> 3) 8 hours per day (we are now in winter) 4 x T5's (one blue 3 white).
> 4) Nope
> 5) Nope but I do have a phosphate remover running in my Fluval filter.
> 6) Yes I do.
>
> Is this just as it is a new tank? What am I doing wrong?
>
> Mike
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> gone by now.
>
> Answers to the questions:
>
> 1) How often do you do water changes? Do you use RO/DI or tap water?
> 2) What are your nitrate/nitrite levels?
> 3) How long do you leave lights on in tank? What kelvin/type of lights?
> 4) Is there direct sunlight in the tank?
> 5) Do you have snails/crabs/algae pack in you tank?
> 6) Do you have a sump/refugem?
>
> 1) Once per month - 25l of RO for my 200-250L tank.
> 2) 0
> 3) 8 hours per day (we are now in winter) 4 x T5's (one blue 3 white).
> 4) Nope
> 5) Nope but I do have a phosphate remover running in my Fluval filter.
> 6) Yes I do.
>
> Is this just as it is a new tank? What am I doing wrong?
>
> Mike