120 gallon journal - picture Feb 27

[kwirky]

I think I have a microbubble problem. I'm going to have to find time to remove the sump, and silicone in baffles. Right now it's baffle-less.

The water looks like it has particles in it. When the pumps are turned off and the water column's observed right away, I notice tons of little bubbles floating to the surface. Algae only really grows on plastic stuff, but where it's growing, there's large bubbles stuck to it.

I wish there were glass places closer to my house. I either have to take the bus and transfer 3 times, or take a bus and a train, then walk about 20 minutes further.

I think I screwed up making my last batch of 2 part, too. I didn't use the same bottles as last time for the alk/calc parts. I mixed the two up, and didn't rinse them well before hand. My alk's dropped 1 dkh in the past week, and I think it's the 2 part. Either that or I didn't bake the b.soda enough this time. baked it at 400F for an hour spread out about 1/4" thick on a baking pan.

I just love the gyre nano . I'm debating whether to use the 150W light I have now, or upgrade it to a 250W halide or a T5 setup.