Conskis 34 Gal Solana Build
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diatoms are worse and worse everyday. Water change tomorrow (do one once every 2 weeks) new acro frag. water doesnt smell as pleasant as my other tank, i think i just have to get used to the fact its a newer tank and its gonna go through its phases! nothing seems stressed and hopefully everythings okay, pics once the diatoms are gone.
Question about the carbon in the back compartment..
There is still bioballs back there as well, that carbon has to be around 2 months old now, should i replace that? and if so with what do you suggest? i should take those balls out and just put some cheto back there.. no light will be on it but hey it could live still from the light of the day and any excess light coming from the sunpod
Question about the carbon in the back compartment..
There is still bioballs back there as well, that carbon has to be around 2 months old now, should i replace that? and if so with what do you suggest? i should take those balls out and just put some cheto back there.. no light will be on it but hey it could live still from the light of the day and any excess light coming from the sunpod
keep up on the pics, love to see the progress.
Take out the Bio-Balls for sure. If you want to put something to replace them buy a small piece of live rock and take a hammer/chisel to it and make rock rubble out of it to stick in the back. Carbon, yes, definitely replace. You will be lucky to have ANY carbon last more than 3 weeks.
As for Diatoms.. welcome to 'normal'. I am still going through them (again) from my move over a month later.. but it is definitely getting less and less each day, especially in the last week.
Cheato may work or may turn out to be more hassle than it is worth. In theory you are supposed to have room to roll or tumble cheato, not just have it stuffed in a compartment. Something you will just have to try out and see if it works for you. The Sunpod will probably be more than sufficient light for the cheato though.
As for Diatoms.. welcome to 'normal'. I am still going through them (again) from my move over a month later.. but it is definitely getting less and less each day, especially in the last week.
Cheato may work or may turn out to be more hassle than it is worth. In theory you are supposed to have room to roll or tumble cheato, not just have it stuffed in a compartment. Something you will just have to try out and see if it works for you. The Sunpod will probably be more than sufficient light for the cheato though.
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i have some extra rock that isnt supporting the base rock so ill just use that, i need to go buy a new carbon i definitly want some nice stuff. the diatoms really worry me i know its normal but it just looks so bad and it starts to grow on my sps
okay its probably like 1.5 pounds of live rock back there, its in small rock form. i took some cheto from my 14 gal and through it back there, theres not much light but hey it cant hurt to be back there.
i have some extra rock that isnt supporting the base rock so ill just use that, i need to go buy a new carbon i definitly want some nice stuff. the diatoms really worry me i know its normal but it just looks so bad and it starts to grow on my sps
okay its probably like 1.5 pounds of live rock back there, its in small rock form. i took some cheto from my 14 gal and through it back there, theres not much light but hey it cant hurt to be back there.
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My solution to the diatoms is I put my hand in the tank daily and wave my hand above the sand to break up the diatoms. Just stirring up about the top 1/4" of sand. It really helps. For the corals/rocks I take a turkey baster and blow out all the rocks (after I am done with my daily hair algae removal).
