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Honestly I have been afraid to add anything to it.The Cyanobacteria will go away if you can figure out what is feeding it. What do you feed and what additives do you add if any?
That really is the worst isn't it!!!!Welcome, I'm from south Florida and had the same problem, finally bit the bullet and bought a in home generator. No more power outages!!!
Welcome to Reef2reef. You've come to the right place for help. We all love pics. Pics may be able to help with issues as well. Are you running any poweheads?
What would you recommend in place of them? They are what came with the setup when I bought it.Welcome to R2R and getting great advice already.
At some point, you might want to consider removing the BioBalls.
I know you didn't ask me but we had the same sump years ago and My husband and I used live rock rubble in place of the bio balls. We had ours on a 55 gallon. Much better then bio balls.What would you recommend in place of them? They are what came with the setup when I bout it.
I know you didn't ask me but we had the same sump years ago and My husband and I used live rock rubble in place of the bio balls. We had ours on a 55 gallon. Much better then bio balls.
What would you recommend in place of them? They are what came with the setup when I bought it.
Thank you. I am open to all advice here... could you send me pics of your setup please.... It helps to see what someone else has done with the same thing you have...
I have been reading through all the forums here and I am seeing that the rock can also be a "nitrate factory". How do you go about cleaning things?
'Would that not damage the rock? Or leave bleach in the rocks? I feel so confused.Clean the bleach water solution, I then let them dry completely.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures as this was quite awhile ago. But it's easy enough to explain. All we did was remove all the bio balls and fill the same chamber the same as if you were putting bio balls back in. We had them sitting on the egg crate too. Cleaning can be a pain as the same with bio balls. Every 6 months on a day we did a water change, on the last bucket filled with old tank water I would save it and use it to take all the rock out of the sump and rinse it in the old tank water. Then of course vacuum the bottom of the sump. Put everything back and you are good to go.Thank you. I am open to all advice here... could you send me pics of your setup please.... It helps to see what someone else has done with the same thing you have...
I have been reading through all the forums here and I am seeing that the rock can also be a "nitrate factory". How do you go about cleaning things?
'Would that not damage the rock? Or leave bleach in the rocks? I feel so confused.
I'm sorry. I thought you were asking how to clean the BioBalls.
No, you do not clean the live rock with bleach.
As far as cleaning thing what are you talking about cleaning?
The bio balls since thats what I have at the moment, but I was looking into the rocks and see that you have to clean them too....maybe I am misunderstanding that though...
I have a feeling that I am going to be tearing my sump apart. lol I am looking at a protein skimmer but I am afraid I don't have room. I don't know. lol Maybe I am overthinking things.