jbro
Aquarium Advice Regular
I've had my 55 gal set up for 8 mo. now and the warnings I had from people in here are coming true. I originally started with UGF, CC, on the advice of LFS. After joining AA, many advised me to tear out the UGF before I added too much. Well, I didn't listen and my tank parameters and algae were under completer control until I upgrade lighting about 2 mo. ago. I faithfully do 12-15 gal/wk WC with R/O water from LFS (have R/o unit ordered). Along with vacuuming.
With this outbeak though, I'm getting red slime covering my glass every 2-3 days. I've been treating with chemiclean, and it seems to be helping along with removing whatever I can. I really cleaned evey part of the tank now, and it still shows up.
I know I have to find the root of the problem. I'm pretty sure it's the UGF.
Here's the decision I need to make: LFS recommends slowly removing all the substrate, then UGF, and going bareback. A friend at work (who has been in the hobby for 20+ years) recommend I uncap the UGF and run reverse power filters. He claims this works great in his breeder tank and he has his set up to see underneath.
Should I start out trying the reverse flow method, or go right to the teardown? I need to do something SOON.
With this outbeak though, I'm getting red slime covering my glass every 2-3 days. I've been treating with chemiclean, and it seems to be helping along with removing whatever I can. I really cleaned evey part of the tank now, and it still shows up.
I know I have to find the root of the problem. I'm pretty sure it's the UGF.
Here's the decision I need to make: LFS recommends slowly removing all the substrate, then UGF, and going bareback. A friend at work (who has been in the hobby for 20+ years) recommend I uncap the UGF and run reverse power filters. He claims this works great in his breeder tank and he has his set up to see underneath.
Should I start out trying the reverse flow method, or go right to the teardown? I need to do something SOON.