amahler
Aquarium Advice Activist
We're fallowing our 90 gallon to deal with ich. While the fishy inhabitants are at the Cupramine Spa, we've got a chance to do more disruptive stuff in our main.
I'll be adding more LR in the next few weeks, but I'd also like to replace the 2+ year old CC substrate that I suspect is a player in my nitrate unhappiness.
The current substrate grains are about the size of maybe... Grape Nuts? Bigger thank Kosher Salt, smaller than gourmet Sea Salt. I suppose it's pretty standard CC...
What's the best thing to replace it with that WON'T become a nitrate factory. The right kind of playsand seems popular and potentially becomes LS (?), but I thought I'd heard nitrate issues with it under some circumstances as well.
Any advice would be appreciated as well as estimates on quantity of whatever is suggested for a 90 gallon (48x18x24) system.
I've got to figure the best way to dig the current stuff out. I absolutely cannot go dragging it up the sides of the tank in a shoveling fashion since it'll scratch the living crap out of the acrylic. Is there a siphon method strong enough to lift it?
Thanks!
- Aaron
I'll be adding more LR in the next few weeks, but I'd also like to replace the 2+ year old CC substrate that I suspect is a player in my nitrate unhappiness.
The current substrate grains are about the size of maybe... Grape Nuts? Bigger thank Kosher Salt, smaller than gourmet Sea Salt. I suppose it's pretty standard CC...
What's the best thing to replace it with that WON'T become a nitrate factory. The right kind of playsand seems popular and potentially becomes LS (?), but I thought I'd heard nitrate issues with it under some circumstances as well.
Any advice would be appreciated as well as estimates on quantity of whatever is suggested for a 90 gallon (48x18x24) system.
I've got to figure the best way to dig the current stuff out. I absolutely cannot go dragging it up the sides of the tank in a shoveling fashion since it'll scratch the living crap out of the acrylic. Is there a siphon method strong enough to lift it?
Thanks!
- Aaron