boojumsnark25
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- Jan 18, 2007
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Hey everyone, quick question for you guys. My setup is a 55 gallon FOWLR setup...80lbs live sand, 50 pounds dead base rock (plan is for the live sand to slowly convert it to live rock), fluval 305 canister filter, berlin air-lift skimmer...2 clownfish, choco chip starfish, assorted crabs and snails...and, i'm ashamed to admit, a copperband butterfly, which has its own post in this forum...
anyways, I was poking around on my tank today and discovered that my tank's sand is a little screwed up. It has a crusty layer on top about an inch thick...also covered in algae, had a diatom bloom...does this mean that all the sand below it is dead? My tank cycled, and my clownfish have been in there for 2 weeks and been fine, but my ammonia is slowly climbing. Would this be because there is no bacteria left in the sand?
anyways, I was poking around on my tank today and discovered that my tank's sand is a little screwed up. It has a crusty layer on top about an inch thick...also covered in algae, had a diatom bloom...does this mean that all the sand below it is dead? My tank cycled, and my clownfish have been in there for 2 weeks and been fine, but my ammonia is slowly climbing. Would this be because there is no bacteria left in the sand?