Hey guys, on my first reef tank, having an issue which has just fallen out of any of my knowledge and research. Just hoping its not going to harm the fish.
Im running:
Nano aquarium 30cm x 30cm x 30cm (im english there for measurementally challenged xD)
Live rock/Live sand/Natural Sea Water.
Oase Biomaster 250 canister filter.
So so far things have been good I cycled the tank using ATM colony with two small clowns which up untill a couple of days was going to plan with no issues appart from never having a positive Nitrite reading and i now have a layer of Diatoms coming through.
My problem is that yesterday my filter started spitting something out. The substance in questions closest description would be skin, and a few pieces pop out every now and then.
Results of my testing using the Red Sea marine care kit:
This video was taken shortly after I put the filter back on after I checked it which is why there are quite alot of bubbles.
My filter has a prefilter then 4 trays:
first after the prefilter is a medium foam pad and floss (all spotless and gunk free)
Next it hits seachem matrix with a thin coarse pad on top it goes through two trays which are the same. (totally clean with zero visible gunk)
Last one the water goes through contains Rea Sea reef spec carbon and a bag of purigen (totally clean with no visible gunk)
PS ignore the underpants on the floor xD.
Hope somebody has advice i have just had to blast a chunk off my little hitch hiker worm as it couldn't close.
Thanks
Im running:
Nano aquarium 30cm x 30cm x 30cm (im english there for measurementally challenged xD)
Live rock/Live sand/Natural Sea Water.
Oase Biomaster 250 canister filter.
So so far things have been good I cycled the tank using ATM colony with two small clowns which up untill a couple of days was going to plan with no issues appart from never having a positive Nitrite reading and i now have a layer of Diatoms coming through.
My problem is that yesterday my filter started spitting something out. The substance in questions closest description would be skin, and a few pieces pop out every now and then.
Results of my testing using the Red Sea marine care kit:
This video was taken shortly after I put the filter back on after I checked it which is why there are quite alot of bubbles.
My filter has a prefilter then 4 trays:
first after the prefilter is a medium foam pad and floss (all spotless and gunk free)
Next it hits seachem matrix with a thin coarse pad on top it goes through two trays which are the same. (totally clean with zero visible gunk)
Last one the water goes through contains Rea Sea reef spec carbon and a bag of purigen (totally clean with no visible gunk)
PS ignore the underpants on the floor xD.
Hope somebody has advice i have just had to blast a chunk off my little hitch hiker worm as it couldn't close.
Thanks