It's a 20g tall I built myself. What info in particular are you interested in?What type of sump is that?
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It's a 20g tall I built myself. What info in particular are you interested in?What type of sump is that?
It's a 20g tall I built myself. What info in particular are you interested in?
The same thing happened with me and the 20long. My stand was already built so I had to go with what fit. The good thing about the 20tall is you have plenty of height above the baffles. This helps in finding the right height for the skimmer by giving you more wiggle room. It also helps because you have room in case your ato decides to empty out in the sump by accident. There is only 12g running through my sump, leaving plenty of room. My guess is you would have to run more water through a 20l with the baffles at the same height because the base is bigger. Mathematicians correct me if I'm wrong about this. I also like the fact that I don't get much splashing outside of the sump because of its height. The downside is a 20long is much easier to get your hands in and work. Most people would probably recommend the 20long. Since that wasn't an option for me, I did the tall and so far I like it. Let me know if you need any more info.I just built my stand for my 40 breeder. Was hoping to use a 20 long. But I'm about 1" short. You like the 20 tall? I wanted to have room in sump for frags. Just wondered about space
Your tank is coming along very nicely! I love the aquascape. It took my cycle about 12 days to complete but YMMV. I used a combination of Activate and Microbacter-7 to get the seed bacteria going. I also added a small bag of ceramic media that I got from my LFS to add to the bacteria strains.
Any particular reason you started up the GFO reactor already? Unless you're also using fish food to create a source of bacteria and are afraid it will result in PO4, IMHO I don't think you need it at this point.
Thanks. I did prerinse it, but clearly not enough. LolAs long as it's not clogged I would just leave it. I'm sure you didn't hurt anything by changing it.
New filter socks must have something on them because my skimmer goes wild too when I put one on. If you pre-rinse them, it wont happen.
@glb - the timing of this video could not be more perfect. Goes back to your use of GFO during the cycle.
I just watched it! I'll test to make sure my level isn't super high. If not, I'll turn it off.
The rocks are dry rocks I got from Marco Rocks. They're not supposed to have phosphates but I should check. I haven't put any carbon in. I'll turn off the gfo reactor for now. Thanks!!I can almost assure you you'll have undetectable PO4 since you cured your rocks pretty well if I remember correctly. Even if you have some PO4 it would be more detrimental to run the GFO during the cycle and lose a good chunk of beneficial bacteria when you replace it than just pulling it right now. That's just IMHO. I wouldn't run either carbon or GFO during the cycle if I were you.