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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    well so far I've learned many many things, but the first and foremost important factor was cleaning my filter sock and doing a water change... So far so good, I will keep u posted on how many bio balls I've been removing and how long it will take me to remove them completely :) HAPPY REEFING...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    Also I have flatworms... little black things with a bluish inside and a grey stripe down the middle... about i dunno a millimeter in length and some of them have like an orange spot on them... shall I worry???
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    uhoh :( well the anemonie... there's two there's a bta and a long tentacle... the long tentacle is pictured on the right corner of the tank and i think she's doing fine. although i don't specifically feed her. I once tried dropping in a piece of scallop and another time a piece of shrimp and...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    Heres a glimpse of my tank... let me know if there's something odd I should take care of...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    Awesome... well in that case... I'm not sure if you've read but I might've mentioned earlier that I lost a Scooter Bleny and 3 cardinals. Well, before I lost the Scooter I bought an Orange Spotted Goby thinking well my Scooter's alive he must be eating... but I think he starved to DEATH :(...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    WOOOOHOOOO!!!! NITRATES ARE ZEROOOO!!!! THANKS A LOT GUYS!!! I want to send some shot outs to: LakeEd, Chris&Barb (Chris), mmkeeper, krish75, DonW, Haole, ReturnsofId, c0yote, theJ lol... ok so I did a 18 gallon water change... and i just cleaned that filter sock cuz I don't know exactly...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    Holy cow... I didn't read the directions on that, I'll check them out tonight, thanks for the heads up on that.
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    and what about all the other tubes, ie the ones connected to the jets... (those black things) do those need cleaning?
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    ummm... this might be a dumb question but this won't burn my fish will it???:doubt:
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    wow! thanks for clearing that up for me... I wonder where I got the 1.022 number... ? well I just ran home and checked my SG which is 1.026. And I quickly checked my Nitrate again (I changed out about 15 gallons at about 2-3 am this morning) it's now 1:15pm and the Nitrate still reads between...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    ok feeling just a bit better... but i don't think i'm out of it just yet... I wanted to keep my SG at 1.022 so when I mix my salt water I think I'm being retarded... as for my fish, I had 3 bangai cardinals that I bought on Jan 6th and they died. Other than that, I had a total of 3 green...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    chris&barb I got the long tentacle anemone mid December, but the BTA I believe I bought about two weeks ago... as for the fish, I have the following: 1 Blue-Green Chromis 1 Maroon Clownfish (Gold Band) 1 Clarkiii Clown 1 Six Line Wrasse 1 Orange Spotted Goby 1 Purple Tilefish ooooh, please...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    chris&barb, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! lol, I was just reading on your "real bonehead move" post.... I haven't laughed in the past 48 hours since I've realized I might've just murdered my inhabitants. Not that I was laughing at your misfortune. But, I'm trying really hard to keep...
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    By the way, does anyone know how long it should take Nitrates to go down when all the right things are being done? Well any help is greatly appreciated... for now I'll keep reading for clues... thanks a lot guys... wish I knew of you a lot earlier :\
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    Power head assembly.

    awesome... it works like a CHARM! thanks a lot! by the way all those extra pieces i suppose are just accessories... but i bought the powerhead just for salt mixing purposes... maybe later i'll need it for something else =)
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    Hello I've finally got some pics of my tank up. Hopefully you can point me in the right direction going forward. Last night a changed out about 15 gallons but this morning my Nitrates were still pretty high (between 5-10) the actual reading is kind of hard for me to decipher... the yellows...
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    Microbubbles EVERYWHERE

    Alright so last night after attempting a water change, I might've moved something i wasn't supposed to touch. Anyway I have two jets but am only currently powering one because the other shoots out MASSIVE AMOUNTS of micro bubbles! Anyone know how to fix this??? Any help would be greatly...
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    Power head assembly.

    Ok guys... I bought a Rio 1700 Power head today... it came with a bunch of extra plastic things.... do I need them? sheesh this is like Lego's.... and I was never good at legos :( does anyone know where I can get detailed instructions on what all the extra parts are for?
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    Alright I got a BRUTE rubbermaid trash can... it has a 4 in the recylce thing and will use that tonight... thanks for your help!
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    Help! How do I clean my sump?

    uhoh... is that the same as commercial grade plastic? are those trash cans safe?
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