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Old 03-19-2008, 12:42 AM
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I never advocate 100% water changes, its too much and too quick of a change. Try smaller changes on a daily or semi-daily basis to see if that improves your situation.
Hey I tried doing 10% water changes daily, I did it for over 1 week with one improvment which only lasted one day.
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Old 03-19-2008, 12:56 AM
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So what about the rest of your parameters? Do you run a skimmer?
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Old 03-19-2008, 02:22 AM
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2nd that what about a skimmer they filter out crap that makes your water clear?
The reason they run ozone is to make the dirt stick to the air bubbles in the skimmer better giving you clear water without the green tint.
If you have pods and small pistol shrimp your water should be fine.
Hope that helps a skimmer is one of the most important pieces of equipment next to the live rock. The skimmer will remove your small pistol shrimp though along with all the other crap.
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Old 03-19-2008, 03:51 AM
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Ozone makes the nasties stick to air. Was wondering what it did, Thx
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You could try running some carbon that might help.
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i borrowed afilter from my FW tank to help with the clouds. alot of cleaning lthe filter floss nessisary but did a fine job.
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Old 03-20-2008, 09:37 AM
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I just got an attachment that goes onto my powerhead which has that floss in it and its startingto clear up. The LFS said that it could be like powder sand from my substrate.

I apparently now have an algae bloom aswell (water is starting to look green)

Besides a UV sterilizer how to I get rid of these?
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