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Very true I'll pick up another tomorrow and have another check Thanks again X

Do the test kits have a shelf life? It's perhaps a year old Before this larger PWC I had it tested at the LFS and it said the same.

One other thing is that the full clean has spurred on a Diatom bloom

It would have done but the old skimmer fell apart. Lol Does the level of the bubbles seem ok? Flow is ok. There are spots that you would think would be out of the flow but the sand is clear behind there and the detritus settles at the front of the DT making it easy to syphon out. More luck...

Hi Doug. Thanks. I'll give it a go. The source maybe be a couple of things Neglect: I was working out of town so PWC's were very infrequent which caused a red slime algae bloom. Most of which is is now gone after a strip down, full clean and regular PWC's since. Death: I had two tube...

I've been moved. So just just a little more info. This is a full marine reef set up

Hi all, Just a quick question on skimmers. I have recently bought a new skimmer about 4 weeks ago. I've been struggling with high nitrates and my old one just wasn't skimming anything. The skimmer (a bubble magus C3.5) skimmed lots of muck out for the first 2.5 weeks whilst I've been dosing...

Following. Great thread and good luck

Hi ya, I'm having the exact same issues although mine was work related rather than paternal. I carried out the below 1 week ago So far I have pulled all the LR out scrubbed it clean, siphoned the top layer of sand off, carried out a 30% PWC, upgraded my protein skimmer, cleaned the entire DT...

Bribo12 +1. No need to syphon your sand bed. By all means clean the top of any unsightly bits but if your bed is relatively deep it could tip your parameters over the edge. I've done it myself!!! Massive nitrate spikes

Cool!! No issues then Can't wait to see it coming on :-)

Hi Carey, Exciting new build!! Keep us posted Just a couple of thoughts. Water weighs 8.3 pounds so 40g is about 334 pounds or 152kg so as it's the bigger wheel type you have mentioned it should be good to go but I would consider what type of surface you at putting it on i.e. Carpet or...

Cool, I was more concerned that I swapped to blue whites instead of the daylights but looking at it now they still produce 15000k so seems all good

Cool. I'll have a look

Cheers Dave