chefbenry89
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The fact that my tank is in an algeal bloom is my first problem, however not what i am here for. my tank is 3-4 months old and has been going great, but now i have ran into a few problems. First of all my light broke, ita a 250W halide with 2- 65W attinics. i gues im kinda lucky the halide is ok, just the 1 attinic broke. So my question is whether or not that poses a threat to my tank? Ok so recently i saw a pic of someone elses skimmer cup online, and the goo was like black and almost looked thick. if this is right why is mine brown and kinda watery? it fills up about every day.
By the way, my system is set up a little different. I have a 700 Gph pump in my display tank, pumping water up to my sump/fuge. i am also using a canister filter moving an extra 300 gph to the sump, I am using this mostly to catch particals in the water. i will use it for a month and then clean it and not hook it back up, next month the water looks Fuzzy, Im not sure but i think sand is getting kicked up sometimes then the fine particals do not fall back down, my tank water is moving pretty fast. the 1000gph flowing through my sumpis then gravity fed through 2" Pvc into the display
By the way, my system is set up a little different. I have a 700 Gph pump in my display tank, pumping water up to my sump/fuge. i am also using a canister filter moving an extra 300 gph to the sump, I am using this mostly to catch particals in the water. i will use it for a month and then clean it and not hook it back up, next month the water looks Fuzzy, Im not sure but i think sand is getting kicked up sometimes then the fine particals do not fall back down, my tank water is moving pretty fast. the 1000gph flowing through my sumpis then gravity fed through 2" Pvc into the display