I'm not exactly sure what I should be putting into this thing as a fiter media. Right now, I have it loaded up with activated carbon which is sitting on a single layer of basic filter fiber pad. I know carbon pulls everything out of the water, even the good stuff.
Maybe I can get rid of the canister filter altogether?? I have it returning it's water above the water level right now, so it's helping with o2 exchange.
I have a reef setup with mostly live rock, and a single anemone, some clown fish and a small blue tang in a 55gal with a 1.5" sand bed.
I've got a protein skimmer and 2 power nozzles on each end of the tank, pointed toward the center-back, and the other pointed toward the center-front.
I cant seem to keep my nitrates under control without weekly 10 gal water changes.
I'm using rodi water.
There's not really anything that is aerating the sandbed though. Well, I had a little snail that used to dig in the sand, but a hermit crab decided it wanted it's shell more than the snail wanted it, so it ate it, and stole it's shell. When I sift through it, it emits a nasty light brown colored cloud. It's gotta be pure nitrate, or something!
I also ALWAYS have organgeish-brown algae on my sand bed, and super hard green algae on the sides of my tank. It's almost as hard as the pink coralline algae that grown on the glass.
I'd appreciate any ideas anybody has for me.
Thank you!
Maybe I can get rid of the canister filter altogether?? I have it returning it's water above the water level right now, so it's helping with o2 exchange.
I have a reef setup with mostly live rock, and a single anemone, some clown fish and a small blue tang in a 55gal with a 1.5" sand bed.
I've got a protein skimmer and 2 power nozzles on each end of the tank, pointed toward the center-back, and the other pointed toward the center-front.
I cant seem to keep my nitrates under control without weekly 10 gal water changes.
I'm using rodi water.
There's not really anything that is aerating the sandbed though. Well, I had a little snail that used to dig in the sand, but a hermit crab decided it wanted it's shell more than the snail wanted it, so it ate it, and stole it's shell. When I sift through it, it emits a nasty light brown colored cloud. It's gotta be pure nitrate, or something!
I also ALWAYS have organgeish-brown algae on my sand bed, and super hard green algae on the sides of my tank. It's almost as hard as the pink coralline algae that grown on the glass.
I'd appreciate any ideas anybody has for me.
Thank you!