Ok... I'm getting SO tired of this crap its not funny...
last few weeks I"ve been getting INCESSANT onslaughts of red slime algae in the tank.
so I changed some stuff
1) I've cut down almost ALL food into the tank. I target feed my clown
2) I do 10% water changes EVERY TWO days. using RO water from the local water Depot. (it IS RO water I've checked)
3) I tried a protien skimmer but the thing a: doesn't fit in the tank.. and b: stopped working after the first 10 days... it doesn't blow enough air to push the bubbles up? know what I mean?
4) I cut the light cycle in half! so the tank gets around 5 hours of white light a day
5) Using a 1/4" piece of tubing I siphon out as much of the red slime as I am doing WC in the tank.
6) Some of my clean up crew has died. 2 astrea snails. However I DO have 4 hermit crabs, cleaner shrimp, and one astrea snail left.
7) I put a second power head into the tank to help circulate water.
my nitrate level in the tank is starting to climb..........
everyday I go to work, then I come home to a RED FREAKING TANK.
its on the glass, on the LR ITS EVERYWHERE!
Its spawning little bubbles now... which I'm guessing are MORE nitrates...
how long can I expect my fish to live in this crap??
I'm getting ready to fire it all into the trash... I'm SO freaking sick of this crap.
how do I get rid of it??????????????????????????????????
signed,
Frustrated.
thanks.
last few weeks I"ve been getting INCESSANT onslaughts of red slime algae in the tank.
so I changed some stuff
1) I've cut down almost ALL food into the tank. I target feed my clown
2) I do 10% water changes EVERY TWO days. using RO water from the local water Depot. (it IS RO water I've checked)
3) I tried a protien skimmer but the thing a: doesn't fit in the tank.. and b: stopped working after the first 10 days... it doesn't blow enough air to push the bubbles up? know what I mean?
4) I cut the light cycle in half! so the tank gets around 5 hours of white light a day
5) Using a 1/4" piece of tubing I siphon out as much of the red slime as I am doing WC in the tank.
6) Some of my clean up crew has died. 2 astrea snails. However I DO have 4 hermit crabs, cleaner shrimp, and one astrea snail left.
7) I put a second power head into the tank to help circulate water.
my nitrate level in the tank is starting to climb..........
everyday I go to work, then I come home to a RED FREAKING TANK.
its on the glass, on the LR ITS EVERYWHERE!
Its spawning little bubbles now... which I'm guessing are MORE nitrates...
how long can I expect my fish to live in this crap??
I'm getting ready to fire it all into the trash... I'm SO freaking sick of this crap.
how do I get rid of it??????????????????????????????????
signed,
Frustrated.
thanks.
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