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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

ditto

i use to have a coralife skimmer they are okay but i went with the octopus skimmer and by far a better choice. they are great i have the recirculating 150. i would go with a sump style w/fuge not a wetdry. a mag 9 would be good with the head loss it will put you at 700gph.

here is 8 million more:shocked!: nitrogen cycle aquarium - Google Search

well the bay is full of pollutants and such. you might get lucky that you dont get any type harmful chemicals. also the diatoms (gold spot) are part of your cycling process here are a few links The Building of a Reef (tank) by Eric Borneman - CVR Forums! Beginner FAQ: The Nitrogen Cycle What is...

is this a fowlr or a reef? also i would have taken them both out and put them in a qt tank and treated them in there instead of your main tank. this is what i did quarantine tank - CVR Forums! hope this helps

the air bubbles are the gases or air trapped in the algae. the way i battled this was increased the flow of the tank.

well if you are going to act the way you are acting then dont post on here obviously you have no idea what you are doing. i dont want you to set your tank up like mine. you can go ahead and have a complicated setup that doesnt need to be i was simply trying to help you sorry if your thread was...

210g w/turtles

you can make your own co2 with yeast and sugar. and just get a bubble defuser. and if you want plants you will need this. all i did was get an old gatorade bottle drilled a hole in the cap and stuck and airline tube in it ran it up the the tank and in to the bubble defuser. kept my plants happy.

also its not a reef tank. so you cant teat it like one. the water you pull from the main tank is the water you put back in. you put that much flow in that tank your turtles are going to be tired from trying to swim in a river like condition. i understand you have a platform for them but the...