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09-09-2005, 03:29 PM
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Remora maintenance? skimmate?
I've got a 54g with just one small clown and some inverts in it. My Remora (mj1200) seems to be working, with dark brown sludge building up in the tower and on the lid of the collection cup. I get maybe 1/4" of wet skimmate a week, plus whatever dried gunk sticks to the top/sides
I've got a nasty [acronym:f738087c9e="Cyanobacteria"]cyano[/acronym:f738087c9e] problem and am wondering if I'm skimming enough. The remora is supposed to be good for this size tank, but I'm wondering if I need to do more to clean it or something? I clean out the cup/tower/etc weekly, but so far have not removed the whole thing from the tank and scrubbed it out. Thoughts?
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54g all-glass bowfront corner AquaC Remora with MJ1200 three MJ900 [acronym:71b198ebe2="power head or Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, depending on context"]PH[/acronym:71b198ebe2]'s Phosban reactor, 65lb [acronym:71b198ebe2="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:71b198ebe2] (mostly hirocks), 60lb aragonite ~3" sand bed Lonely O Clown |
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09-09-2005, 03:55 PM
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i'd personally look to a few other things...
the old standards... feedings - how much and how often water - [acronym:d9dec6f931="Reverse osmosis"]ro[/acronym:d9dec6f931]/[acronym:d9dec6f931="Deionization"]di[/acronym:d9dec6f931] or tap or store.... current - what type of water flow in the tank then lightening - how many hours... in your case you have 60lbs, I have probably missed it, but I sometimes wonder if there is a link somewhere there...
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75g w/ 30g sump, 160# [acronym="Live rock"]LR[/acronym], 60# sand: Inverts =18 turbos, 30 nassirus's, 40 blue leg's, 5 emeralds, 1 CBS, 1 skunk cleaner, 1 brown gulf shrimp? and various other [acronym="Live rock"]LR[/acronym] hitch hikers yet un discovered or un-[acronym="Identify"]ID[/acronym]'ed Fish=1 yellow tang, 1 yellow headed jawfish, 1 pink/blue shrimpgoby, 2 perc clowns. Future fish = 1 sixline, 1 lawnmower blenny |
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09-09-2005, 04:25 PM
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about 8 tiny pellets (one shake) per day from the bio-blend stuff
rodi, [acronym:99bd5ea5c7="Total Dissolved Solids"]tds[/acronym:99bd5ea5c7] of 2 I think (probably needs a flush) 3 maxi 900's plus an MJ400 on my phos reactor, so around 14x flow 180 watts of [acronym:99bd5ea5c7="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:99bd5ea5c7] 50/50 I think (inherited this one), about 8 hours this week, I turned off my 30watts of [acronym:99bd5ea5c7="Normal Output Fluorescents"]NO[/acronym:99bd5ea5c7] lights which I think have non-sw bulbs. not sure if this helped or not.
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54g all-glass bowfront corner AquaC Remora with MJ1200 three MJ900 [acronym:71b198ebe2="power head or Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, depending on context"]PH[/acronym:71b198ebe2]'s Phosban reactor, 65lb [acronym:71b198ebe2="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:71b198ebe2] (mostly hirocks), 60lb aragonite ~3" sand bed Lonely O Clown |
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