Zer0
is back to save the day!
My filter had nothing but live rock rubble in it anyways.. it wasn't accomplishing anything except for building up tons of gunk like it already was. That's the whole reason i took it out. I have my skimmer running.. which takes care of alot of the nasty stuff.. Also, i can't even have a clean up crew to eat the dead stuff from my rocks and the fish waste because the nitrates are so high, inverts would freak out and die. Also, yes. I cleaned out my sand thoroughly for two days. The water was extremely cloudy, so i fugre i might as well get something done in the meantime. Took everything out and cleaned all of the sand. Every single inch. When i was done, there was nothing left but clean white sand. So it's not coming from the sand.