NancyT3
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Good morning!
Another newbie question.... I have a 140 gal tank, set up Apr 20. I have an AS-200 e shopps skimmer (currently I have it turned off to see if it made a difference and it didn't), A refugium with chaeta in it, enough algae for about 1 million snails and allegedly pods. In the DT currently, 1 red knob sea star, 1 damsel, 1 goby, 2 clowns, a tux urchin, and 3 nems ( 1 very large and 2 small - all bubble tips) and 5 hermit crabs.
Water chemistry is 0 nitrate, 0 nitrite, 0 ammonia, Phos <0.25, Ph 8, temp 79-80, Salinity 30-31 ppm.
My tank, after adding the invertebrates, for whatever reason, is now producing microbubbles. I can't figure out how to get rid of them. I changed the sock filter, I repositioned the black sponge filter; the water is at the right levels, I turned off the skimmer, I had the skimmer on and raised it so it wasn't so deep in the water. Any troubleshooting advice is appreciated. Also - how often, if ever do you change the sponge filter and how often, if ever do you rinse/ clean it? I haven't done that yet ever.... I do change the filter sock every 5-7 days, and am doing water changes now every other week about 10%.
Thank you for your advice, as always.
Nancy
Another newbie question.... I have a 140 gal tank, set up Apr 20. I have an AS-200 e shopps skimmer (currently I have it turned off to see if it made a difference and it didn't), A refugium with chaeta in it, enough algae for about 1 million snails and allegedly pods. In the DT currently, 1 red knob sea star, 1 damsel, 1 goby, 2 clowns, a tux urchin, and 3 nems ( 1 very large and 2 small - all bubble tips) and 5 hermit crabs.
Water chemistry is 0 nitrate, 0 nitrite, 0 ammonia, Phos <0.25, Ph 8, temp 79-80, Salinity 30-31 ppm.
My tank, after adding the invertebrates, for whatever reason, is now producing microbubbles. I can't figure out how to get rid of them. I changed the sock filter, I repositioned the black sponge filter; the water is at the right levels, I turned off the skimmer, I had the skimmer on and raised it so it wasn't so deep in the water. Any troubleshooting advice is appreciated. Also - how often, if ever do you change the sponge filter and how often, if ever do you rinse/ clean it? I haven't done that yet ever.... I do change the filter sock every 5-7 days, and am doing water changes now every other week about 10%.
Thank you for your advice, as always.
Nancy
