Mystery foam

[unclejed]

Ok, since I added this;
I am getting foam in the return chamber of my Biocube 32.
What do you all think.....

 

[tzabor10]

Ok, since I added this;
I am getting foam in the return chamber of my Biocube 32.
What do you all think.....

Mine can look like that when the skimmer overflows

 

[unclejed]

My skimmer isn't over-flowing though???

 

[Dan_P]

Ok, since I added this;
I am getting foam in the return chamber of my Biocube 32.
What do you all think.....

Stop using it and see if the foam disappears

 

[Dan_P]

My skimmer isn't over-flowing though???

Maybe it’s not working.

 

[ColorMeGone]

What are your tank numbers?

 

[unclejed]

What are your tank numbers?

Are you talking about parameters?

 

[unclejed]

Maybe it’s not working.

It is working fine.

 

[unclejed]

It just popped into my mind that I had dosed 3 doses of peroxide recently. if anyone has used peroxide and faced this before perhaps they can chime in.

 

[ColorMeGone]

Are you talking about parameters?

Yes.

 

[unclejed]

Yes.

tests...Phosphate = .25
Nitrate = 0
KH = 7-8
High Range PH = 7.8

WWG1WGA.......Q

 

[ColorMeGone]

High P04 and 0 N03 is not good. Not sure about you dosing Peroxide thou.

 

[unclejed]

High P04 and 0 N03 is not good. Not sure about you dosing Peroxide thou.

The high phosphates is why I added the Clearmax. I have to check them in a couple of day to see if product works.

 

[ColorMeGone]

I think Clearmax takes out Nitrates also. You want to bring your nitrates up and slowly reduce phosphates. I would use something like PhosGuard a little at a time and add something to up your nitrates slowly. I dose Ammonium Bicarbonate in my little nano for N03 and have now stopped dosing Sodium Phosphate since the rocks have sucked up enough P04 for now. I shoot for around 10 nitrates and under .1 phosphates to keep my critters happy.

 

[JTP424]

Did you rinse that stuff out and let it soak before putting it in?

 

[unclejed]

I think Clearmax takes out Nitrates also. You want to bring your nitrates up and slowly reduce phosphates. I would use something like PhosGuard a little at a time and add something to up your nitrates slowly. I dose Ammonium Bicarbonate in my little nano for N03 and have now stopped dosing Sodium Phosphate since the rocks have sucked up enough P04 for now. I shoot for around 10 nitrates and under .1 phosphates to keep my critters happy.

I don't understand some of you on this forum wanting Nitrates, it has always been a staple of aquarium keeping to get to 0, like the ocean. I do use Phosguard.

 

[unclejed]

Did you rinse that stuff out and let it soak before putting it in?

I rinsed it out good.

 

[tzabor10]

I rinsed it out good.

You should do a build thread.

 

[Tahoe61]

I don't understand some of you on this forum wanting Nitrates, it has always been a staple of aquarium keeping to get to 0, like the ocean. I do use Phosguard.

It's taken me some time to get on board, but I see more issues with low nitrates then with moderate values like 10-20 ppm.
Honestly I never thought I would see the day when I add Ammonium Chloride to my tank and feed to get detectable phosphates. But here I am a hobbyist since the 80s.

 

[unclejed]

It's taken me some time to get on board, but I see more issues with low nitrates then with moderate values like 10-20 ppm.
Honestly I never thought I would see the day when I add Ammonium Chloride to my tank and feed to get detectable phosphates. But here I am a hobbyist since the 80s.

I will consider this.