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  1. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    So I have a cycle of algae groeing then dieing then decomposing to supply nutrients for more algae to grow and then die etc. etc. etc. That sucks. Lights have all been changed in the last month or 2. 15,000K MH and fresh blue atinics. No overfeeding here. I make sure that they eat everything...
  2. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    I have tested them and am at nearly zero. I dont know maybe I need to get about a 100+ snails and crabs to mow that stuff down. I know this though, I am about at the same point your brother was and even talked to the wife about just getting rid of it for now. We are going to give it a little...
  3. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    Yep but with lots of bubbles too. This weekend it seemed to go back to hell overnight. Got more water ready for another partial this week and I am going to take all the rocks that dont have coral out of the aquarium and clean them up and let them dry out before puting them back in. I also turned...
  4. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    Lagae is there still but not growing near as bad. Everything seems to be happier now so I am thinking we are going in the right direction. Just have to get rid of the algae now. Big Shout out to Erik for the pump. It is working much better than the little one I had and is very quiet.
  5. Fishfry

    What do you guys think?

    Well I don't have any screen but you can have all the algae you want ;)
  6. Fishfry

    What do you guys think?

    OK so all the algae in my aquarium is actually cleaning the water too? And all this time I have been trying to get rid of it.
  7. Fishfry

    What do you guys think?

    WOW!!!!
  8. Fishfry

    By Joe I think I found the problem

    Now that I think of it I am not sure who made the pump. I think it was a rio or Odysea but the teflon (I assume bearing surface) on the magnet had cracked and the magnet appeared to be rusting. Since I am not going to uswe this again I might just cut it open and check it out further. I have 2...
  9. Fishfry

    By Joe I think I found the problem

    Thanks Floyd. All seems well again this morning. I still have algae I removed as much as I wanted to but didn't want to disturb the fish any more than that water change was going to be, but like I said the snails are out moving around so I hope they eat a bit more than they have. The little...
  10. Fishfry

    By Joe I think I found the problem

    Thanks again Todd for breaking it down Barney style.. :O I figured as much though at least witht he power heads I can get current to the dead areas in my tank. Well a few hours down and it looks a lot better. Snails are out cruising around and I havent seen that for a while. I am hoping the...
  11. Fishfry

    By Joe I think I found the problem

    OK so today I tackled the major water change. I would estimate I did about a 75% water swap. I was starting to fix my plumbing problem and I took my return pump out to clean it. I took it apart and had a hell of time getting the impeller out but when I did I noticed a crack in the teflon surface...
  12. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    Well tomorrow I am going to just do a double (50 gallon) water change. I'd like to dip my stuff but right now cant get away to get to Alger (Nicki is fighting a sinus infection). If you wouldn't mind stopping by Floyd I sure could use some advice for this next idea of mine. I plan on starting at...
  13. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    On another note anyone know where you can get that Coral RX locally? I mean withing an 2 hour drive. I think if I go the long way then I will dip all my corals and rock while I transfer them to a holding tank.
  14. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    LOL.. Yes it is a pain. What I am thinking of doing is bringing the return up through the over flow like a normal tank and have a small outlet there and then have it continue the feed to the bottom returns as well. I like the way they are in there (kind of unique) and at least this way I will...
  15. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    If I go that way I am going to just break it completely down, move everything over to another holding tank and redo the return plumbing. Rightnow as it is set up the over flow is built into the end (my tank T-bones my wall, made that way) empties into my sump and does it's flow and to the pump...
  16. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    Just more money getting thrown at it. It is getting to both my wife and I. It's like there is something abviously wrong and we are just too close to see it.
  17. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    Nice info and am tossing it all around. I think I am going to do 'A' and then I lean towards 'B' we shall see. On to a sad note, Blobby the sea hare passed away today sometime while I was at work. He leaves behind a very gross looking trail of slime. He will be missed
  18. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    Now if i do this I am going to have to put the corals and fish in a new holding aquarium for a coupl edays do get this one completly setup the way I want. I have the space and I imagine the shock on the livestock wouldnt be as bad consideringt hey will be going into a cleaner aquarium.
  19. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    The more I sit here and contimplate it I might just take it down to parade rest. Have my fish and coral in a holding tank for a while and just fix everythign that I wanted to for a while. I have a real issue with how this tank is plumbed and worry everytime we get a good gusty day. So with algae...
  20. Fishfry

    Greatings from Whidbey Island

    I dont know if that is needed as I just started using RO/DI water. But I will keep it in mind. It looks rather simple though. Here is question, I have not had a UV sterilizer for a whil enow ahould I get one or no?
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