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I seem to constantly have stuff floating in my water, I have the fusion 30l. Replaced the filter socks with the caddys, filter pads and floss in them. I have the mp10 constantly changing speed, and two spin streams. What do you guys do to keep debris from floating around?
 

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I dont. If I did my clams mussels and gorgs and chili coral would die.
you could put in a filter sock or depending on your sump a sponge, floss or other polisher. it put one before my pump chamber if im working in the fuge or dreep cleaning.
 
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I dont. If I did my clams mussels and gorgs and chili coral would die.
you could put in a filter sock or depending on your sump a sponge, floss or other polisher. it put one before my pump chamber if im working in the fuge or dreep cleaning.
Hmm, as nice as the all in one tank is, I can't wait to upgrade to a real tank with a sump. I think a lot of the debris is coming from the chambers, which are pretty hard to clean. Guess I also need to turkey baste my rocks real good, change out my filter floss and sponges. To do list for tomorrow.
 
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Hmm, as nice as the all in one tank is, I can't wait to upgrade to a real tank with a sump. I think a lot of the debris is coming from the chambers, which are pretty hard to clean. Guess I also need to turkey baste my rocks real good, change out my filter floss and sponges. To do list for tomorrow.
Hasn't been a week since doing that cleaning, but that's still longer than I like to wait.
 

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I don't do anything out of the ordinary, nothing. 3400gph power head on one end, and a 1200gph power head on the other, with a hang on back skimmer.
 

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Good clean up crew and carbon.
+1, the carbon keeps the "Yellow" and other particles small enough to be caught in the pores of the carbon out of your tank. I'm running 24hrs. a day with no issues. I also get a cloudy tank after a wc.
 

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