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Posted by Sky-Catcher on October 10, 2007, 1:47 pm
Please log in for more thread options Julie,
The only other things I can think of are :-
1) the pump/powerhead ins't seated in the filter box correctly and thus not
getting the right amount of "suction"
2) the flow return nozzle is pointing in such away that the flow is
restricted round the tank
would any of these be a possibility?
Is you polypad getting really dirty betwenn cleans?
Sky.
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>> even if yu dont i haven't hd problems - a have a trigon that i have
>> experimented with and left off the white poly pad and it is just as
>> clear - though you do need to rinse the coarse sponge more frequently.
>> what substrate do you have and do you hoover?
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> Yes I hoover. I need to do it much more frequently than the other tank. I
> have angels and bristlenoses in the other tank, yet that stays clean. The
> "dirty" tank has tetras, rainbows and a couple of very small plecs (much
> smaller than the ancistrus' in the other tank) Both are planted and were
> set up together when I moved 5 months ago. Same water same regime....apart
> from the extra time I give to the Jewel tank.
> Substrate is also the same.....mixture of very fine rounded gravel and
> sand.
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