rutledgek
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Although I really liked the caves and overhangs on my old rock work
I was getting a lot of dead spots. This shouldn't have been happening with a mag 9.5 as a return on a 29g tank. But it was because one of the returns was pointed directly at the rock on the right hand side. I was also getting a big dead spot under the right ledge. Another problem is that I didnt have a lot of sand space that saw the light of day, and I wanted an trachnophylia.
All of these issues culminated into me reworking my rockwork.
I still have my caves, the flow is quite a bit better, and there is more sand under the light. I am fighting a hair algae problem at the moment, but that has gotten better with more flow bi-weekly water changes. I think I might get caribsea's phosbuster and use that weekly until my phosphates get down to 0, then use a phosban reactor or a filter sock holding the material under one of my drain lines. Either way I think this problem will get licked soon. I just thought I would post the pictures and a link to the site in case you wanted to see more.
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I forgot the link to the site
http://www.rutledgesonline.com/Aquarium.html
![Fish%20tank%20012.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rutledgesonline.com%2FImages%2FAquarium%2FFish%2FFish%2520tank%2520012.jpg&hash=2ddf18251679f4d1a9b778e53bc84a59)
I was getting a lot of dead spots. This shouldn't have been happening with a mag 9.5 as a return on a 29g tank. But it was because one of the returns was pointed directly at the rock on the right hand side. I was also getting a big dead spot under the right ledge. Another problem is that I didnt have a lot of sand space that saw the light of day, and I wanted an trachnophylia.
All of these issues culminated into me reworking my rockwork.
![Kevins-Reef---02.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rutledgesonline.com%2FImages%2FNew%2520Reef%2FKevins-Reef---02.jpg&hash=9db68f920fade0414e19b577b7f90281)
I still have my caves, the flow is quite a bit better, and there is more sand under the light. I am fighting a hair algae problem at the moment, but that has gotten better with more flow bi-weekly water changes. I think I might get caribsea's phosbuster and use that weekly until my phosphates get down to 0, then use a phosban reactor or a filter sock holding the material under one of my drain lines. Either way I think this problem will get licked soon. I just thought I would post the pictures and a link to the site in case you wanted to see more.
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I forgot the link to the site
http://www.rutledgesonline.com/Aquarium.html