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I bought a used 75 gal salt tank almost a week ago. It was in serious need of rehabing due to a complete infestation of bristle worms. I'm sure I've made some rookie mistakes, but hope that I'm not totally destroying everything.
One of the small tidbits that I'm not quite sure how to handle is the protein skimmer. The tank came with a wet/dry sump system. 1 Rio is pumping prefiltered water into the skimmer and another Rio is pumping back into the main tank.
The skimmer itself has a valve that allows me to adjust the height of the water column in the skimmer. I'm not sure where to set this at. If it's too low, no foam exits the system into the overflow cup, if it's too high, the cup is full of water. Do I just find a happy medium, or is there a 'perfect' setting that I need to be aiming for?
Also, I currently have the return line on the same side of the tank as the overflow. Is this ok, or would I be better off moving the return line to the opposite side?
I sure hope this tank is worth all of the work I am going to to get it back up to snuff. The guy that I bought it from hadn't cleaned it in months and months, and had allowed bristle worms to completely infest the tank. I had worms 3 inches deep in the overflow, and they were absolutely huge. 4 to 5 inches long in some cases. I've killed almost everything in the tank trying to get rid of the nasty buggers, but I think I finally may have done it.
TIA for the help.
One of the small tidbits that I'm not quite sure how to handle is the protein skimmer. The tank came with a wet/dry sump system. 1 Rio is pumping prefiltered water into the skimmer and another Rio is pumping back into the main tank.
The skimmer itself has a valve that allows me to adjust the height of the water column in the skimmer. I'm not sure where to set this at. If it's too low, no foam exits the system into the overflow cup, if it's too high, the cup is full of water. Do I just find a happy medium, or is there a 'perfect' setting that I need to be aiming for?
Also, I currently have the return line on the same side of the tank as the overflow. Is this ok, or would I be better off moving the return line to the opposite side?
I sure hope this tank is worth all of the work I am going to to get it back up to snuff. The guy that I bought it from hadn't cleaned it in months and months, and had allowed bristle worms to completely infest the tank. I had worms 3 inches deep in the overflow, and they were absolutely huge. 4 to 5 inches long in some cases. I've killed almost everything in the tank trying to get rid of the nasty buggers, but I think I finally may have done it.
TIA for the help.