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07/30/2006, 04:00 PM
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One Krazy Man
 
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10 gallon nano maintence
What do you do weekly on your 10 gallons ???
I've got the ac70 fiter with carbon/sponge/bio rocks in it... and about 10lbs of live rock and 10lbs of sand... 2 percs... I just did a waterchange yesterday of 3 gallons and put a new carbon pouch in, cleaned the sponge as well .... What should I do? how much water ??? |
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07/30/2006, 04:51 PM
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-2.5 gallon WC every 5 days
-change carbon bag out every 2 weeks and thats about it........... steve
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07/30/2006, 05:24 PM
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I would rinse the sponge every time you do a wc.
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07/30/2006, 07:19 PM
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One Krazy Man
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sounds like I'm doing things right then !!!
Good to know, I like to do 2-3 gallons of w/c match saltiny level, I clean the ac70 filter out, I rinse the sponge as it gets REAL DIRTY, I like to change the carbon every 2 weeks or so and I dont rinse the bio-maxx (how long is that good for anyways)
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07/30/2006, 08:40 PM
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Bio-maxx? That's not some sort of bio media, is it? Why are you using that?
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07/30/2006, 10:31 PM
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I'd say your weekly routine looks good. Thats what I do but I actually rinse my filter floss out daily.
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07/31/2006, 06:25 PM
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One Krazy Man
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do I not need them ??? I use the sponge on the bottom, then carbon bag, then the cermaic rings on top... If i dont need em, I wont use em. I just thought they hold good bacteria's... I would double up on the carbon if I dont need em.... |
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07/31/2006, 08:01 PM
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While they do hold bacteria, the goal is to have enough live rock that you have your bacteria there and don't need bio-balls or ceramic rings. I would guess your live rock is ample so you could scrap the rings.
I would remove 50% and then wait then the other 50% just to avoid a crash because by removing them you will be removing SOME bacteria. Just my opinion.
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