PrettyFish
Aquarium Advice Activist
Hi, I have some questions about In Tank Media Basket and the Filter Floss That they recommend and I have been using since week one. My tank is in the 8th week. Coralife BioCube 29g.
Parameters: 0.0 Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrates.
I still have some diatoms, mostly gone, though. I am just starting to notice some possible hair algae. I do partial water changes every Monday.
Did not add livestock until after cycling and then added one every two weeks.
Livestock: 1 one inch Blue green Chromis
1 Fire-fish Darter
1 half inch 6 line Wrass.
Cuc's
5 small hermits and four nasarious snails
Hitchhikers on live rock: torch coral started very small, doing well three heads, now and a mushroom or sponge coral started growing on third week.
1. Is it normal for the filter floss to get a very dark brown every three days, almost black all the way through?
2. I am having to change the floss every two-three days, because of this. Can I double it up, by stacking two pieces on top of each other?
3. Or, is there a thicker type of floss for the top level of the In-Tank Media Basket?
Also, I get many tiny clear bubbles at night on only one live rock and these clear bubbles drop off the rock every few seconds to float up and pop . Will this ever stop?
Thanks for help and advice.
Parameters: 0.0 Ammonia, Nitrites, Nitrates.
I still have some diatoms, mostly gone, though. I am just starting to notice some possible hair algae. I do partial water changes every Monday.
Did not add livestock until after cycling and then added one every two weeks.
Livestock: 1 one inch Blue green Chromis
1 Fire-fish Darter
1 half inch 6 line Wrass.
Cuc's
5 small hermits and four nasarious snails
Hitchhikers on live rock: torch coral started very small, doing well three heads, now and a mushroom or sponge coral started growing on third week.
1. Is it normal for the filter floss to get a very dark brown every three days, almost black all the way through?
2. I am having to change the floss every two-three days, because of this. Can I double it up, by stacking two pieces on top of each other?
3. Or, is there a thicker type of floss for the top level of the In-Tank Media Basket?
Also, I get many tiny clear bubbles at night on only one live rock and these clear bubbles drop off the rock every few seconds to float up and pop . Will this ever stop?
Thanks for help and advice.