ianocappuccino
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Hi, looking for some opinions!
I upgraded from a 120 to 240 couple months ago! I drained the 120 and transferred the gravel into new tank!
Along with filter and big wood from old tank! So didn't need to be cycled!
Couple days later there was a massive algea breakout and I could see it was growing from bottom of the tank upto 3/4 of the way up the glass!
Didn't know what was causing it but then my gravel turned green and would not come off with normal siphoning! So I decided to remove all the gravel and give it a good clean in a bucket using tank water! U wouldn't believe how dirty the cleaning water turned!
Found out that because I drained the old tank all the waste etc was mixed with the gravel and was all put into the new tank! Anyway this cleans the gravel amazingly and I have never had another bit of algea since!
However, I'm just wondering would this be harmful to the tank if done regularly as it cleans it so good that it removes all leftover waste -amonia therefore disrupting the biological filter?
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I upgraded from a 120 to 240 couple months ago! I drained the 120 and transferred the gravel into new tank!
Along with filter and big wood from old tank! So didn't need to be cycled!
Couple days later there was a massive algea breakout and I could see it was growing from bottom of the tank upto 3/4 of the way up the glass!
Didn't know what was causing it but then my gravel turned green and would not come off with normal siphoning! So I decided to remove all the gravel and give it a good clean in a bucket using tank water! U wouldn't believe how dirty the cleaning water turned!
Found out that because I drained the old tank all the waste etc was mixed with the gravel and was all put into the new tank! Anyway this cleans the gravel amazingly and I have never had another bit of algea since!
However, I'm just wondering would this be harmful to the tank if done regularly as it cleans it so good that it removes all leftover waste -amonia therefore disrupting the biological filter?
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