Brown dusting on sand and rocks help

[Unitylover]

ah, so instead of having a downgraded filter, run the canister withremoving anything. It shouldn't be a problem.

 

[SlugSnorter]

40 breeder

the one you showed should be good, sump it for safety IMO

 

[hawk82]

ah, so instead of having a downgraded filter, run the canister withremoving anything. It shouldn't be a problem.

You mean run the canister with the UV thats built in?

 

[Unitylover]

You mean run the canister with the UV thats built in?

yes. no need to buy a UV sterilizer with that

 

[SlugSnorter]

You mean run the canister with the UV thats built in?

just run a new UV sterilizer imo, if its an old canister filter that has been sitting around for a while and used for FW its better to just get a plain UV filter.

 

[Unitylover]

just run a new UV sterilizer imo, if its an old canister filter that has been sitting around for a while and used for FW its better to just get a plain UV filter.

good point, the uv from petco is also a powerhead

 

[hawk82]

just run a new UV sterilizer imo, if its an old canister filter that has been sitting around for a while and used for FW its better to just get a plain UV filter.

I used the filter the FW african cichlids, but I never used the UV part on it. Never needed it in that tank.

 

[hawk82]

good point, the uv from petco is also a powerhead

Yeah might just run and pick one up now.

 

[SlugSnorter]

I used the filter the FW african cichlids, but I never used the UV part on it. Never needed it in that tank.

just get a new UV, especially since you just got off vibrant you don't wanna have to risk dealing with weird gunk left in the canister.

 

[hawk82]

just get a new UV, especially since you just got off vibrant you don't wanna have to risk dealing with weird gunk left in the canister.

Got it!

 

[SlugSnorter]

Got it!

oh, also maybe pickup some carbon if you don't have any. Some cyano and dino species are a bit toxic. The carbon can help to absorb that

 

[hawk82]

oh, also maybe pickup some carbon if you don't have any. Some cyano and dino species are a bit toxic. The carbon can help to absorb that

Thanks, I do have carbon.

 

[hawk82]

Ok thanks for help guys. Heading to Petco now. I ordered online and going to pick up, I had a coupon for online order, instead of 66$ it was only 55$

 

[Unitylover]

Ok thanks for help guys. Heading to Petco now. I ordered online and going to pick up, I had a coupon for online order, instead of 66$ it was only 55$

nice!

 

[damsels are not mean]

Just siphon it out.

 

[Unitylover]

Just siphon it out.

I have a problem currently, siphoning does not work too well. It just comes back

 

[i cant think]

Just siphon it out.

Siphoning does nothing to it when on its own. All I did was remove Phosphates which even then didn’t kill it off, siphon it and add a natural predator. After adding the natural predator it vanished altogether. 2 years of fighting it and all I did to get rid of it was add a predator.

 

[hawk82]

Im back, UV installed and running. wish me luck!

 

[LPS Bum]

The brown looks like diatoms to me. The red is almost certainly Cyano.

Chemiclean works great against Cyano. Diatoms usually go away on their own in time.