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Originally Posted by BCOrchidGuy
Not trying to be critical just offering an opinion but you may want to add at least one more power head or a couple of small ones to move water around your rock etc... Any dead spots meaning low or no water flow and you'll see red algae show up. As for your skimmer I had one before and liked it but I added a wooden airstone and a small air pump and I liked it a lot better. If you keep your feedings down, and do water changes you should be fine with the skimmer as is.
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Ah, that explains a lot! I have been noticing a bit of red algae showing up on the far end of the tank. It seems to be spreading a bit but I did not know if it was a bad thing or not (as it has yet to get out of control). Incidentally, that area of the tank is the area that has the least water circulation. I have an additional powerhead that I have been using for mixing new batches of saltwater, I will mount that on the other side of the tank. Perhaps if the currents from both sides of the tank collide somewhere in the middle I can reduce the likleyhood of this algae appearing futher?
As for the skimmer, it seems to be doing just fine so far, but if I run into troubles, I might just have to give your method a try
-Eric
04-02-2007, 04:01 AM
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