Recent content by ThatGuy619

have you tested for ammonia? how old is the tank

powder blue tang

is like a slug with a hard shell looks like a finger nail. if so then its a stomatella not sure on the spelling they are good algae eaters. i have a few

increase your flow in the tank or at least over the spots that have the cyano

this is not to scale at all. but i hope this gets my point across. also you dont really need a lot of flow for your fish its more of a flow for filtration. the use of bulkheads will reduce the pipes in the tank. heres a link to all your plumbing needs Buy flexible pvc pipe at FlexPVC.com PVC...

well you second design is pretty good. i would not use the prefilters in there as the clog up fast and slowing you overflow and now your pump is draining your sump into the tank. then you get water everywhere. as for the sump you can put a filter sock there. i would have 2 that way it makes for...

the reason fo the sump is for all the filtration to go there. its going to be a pita to clean al the pre filters you want to make. its going to make a nitrifying factory there. i would do a coast to coast and have all your filtration in the sump.

no pictures yet my camera is broken dropped it in my lr tank :-? go figure huh. still in my cube build process

i just bought 4 power heads from walmart. yes they just float up and for whats left over my sand bed (fw turtle tank) takes care of the rest as far as breaking it down. i also have 2x fluval fx5 on the tank too

well you can just use the one tall one put some power heads in the tank and have them flow across the bottom. dont have an issue in either of my tanks with debris on the bottom

well you can do a short drain and a tall drain in the sump area and use bulk heads if you dont want to see the pipes try this here is the link to make the drain. its dead silent im using one in my 200g cube tank. Stockton Standpipe - CVR Forums!

here is a complete step by step. a friend of mine made one and posted it, Stockton Standpipe - CVR Forums!

this is exactly what happend you did not give your bacteria a chance to catch up to the new bio load. that spiked all your readings. and everyday you did the pwc's the bacteria was still trying to catch up. and was unable to break down the left over food and the fish waste. take the fish back...

increase water flow in tank siphon as much out as you can thats how i beat it in 3 days.

when i bought mine from ebay. i soaked it in a big trash can with water from the water heater. for 3 weeks. when i put it in the tank in about 4 weeks the tank turned a tea color. so for six months i had to do 20% water changes now 1 year later its good to go. hope this helps