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10-17-2006, 06:26 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: portsmouth
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carbon
carbon hould it be used in a reef of softys
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10-17-2006, 06:31 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Toledo OH
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Yup many use as I do to!
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Nano reef in the works
TIM MADE ME DO IT, Yet Robert made him do it, yet Casey made him do it!
Yet the voices in all their heads made them do it (skeety)
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10-17-2006, 06:33 PM
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Wannabeareefer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Calgary, Canada
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24/7 here, changed every 2 weeks.
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10-17-2006, 06:33 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: portsmouth
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but will it strip thing like cal and mag
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10-17-2006, 06:34 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2005
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not enough to worry about as long as you do regular WC's
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Nano reef in the works
TIM MADE ME DO IT, Yet Robert made him do it, yet Casey made him do it!
Yet the voices in all their heads made them do it (skeety)
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10-17-2006, 06:36 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: portsmouth
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kk will i see a improvment i used it coz the water i was drawing off looks kinda yellow even low im useing a uv and skimmer
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10-17-2006, 06:39 PM
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Wannabeareefer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Calgary, Canada
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You should see a change, the water will turn yeloow if it has dissolved organics. Carbon will remove them. You may have to change every couple of days to clean it up.
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10-17-2006, 06:44 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: portsmouth
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kk do u think this is the skimmer just done a change before i added the carbon and the skimmer is on full and nothing being collect in the cup and this is a first is this the carbon
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10-17-2006, 06:48 PM
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Wannabeareefer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Calgary, Canada
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It may take a bit, some people post that there skimmer goes nuts when they put there hands in the tank, but mine always stops when i mess with the debris tank that it is in!
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10-17-2006, 06:50 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: portsmouth
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k i did mix up the substate a bit wheni was cleaning do u think the softys will look a lot better then
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10-17-2006, 07:07 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Toledo OH
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We probably should start here:
Water Params??
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Nano reef in the works
TIM MADE ME DO IT, Yet Robert made him do it, yet Casey made him do it!
Yet the voices in all their heads made them do it (skeety)
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10-17-2006, 07:16 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: portsmouth
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ammonia=0,nitrite=20,nitrate=20,ph=8.5,kh=9,calciu m=500,phos=0,
conduct=52.2,sg=1.020,magnesium=1200 and temp 28
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10-17-2006, 07:27 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Toledo OH
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well you have some more issues than worrying about carbon!
get your salinity up 1.025
need to start doing lots of WC's till your nitirites come down to near 0 and hopefully your nitrates as well
This is probably why your water is yellow and your shrooms don't look good!
I find it odd your Phos is 0 with all the other things going on but oh well!
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Nano reef in the works
TIM MADE ME DO IT, Yet Robert made him do it, yet Casey made him do it!
Yet the voices in all their heads made them do it (skeety)
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10-17-2006, 07:28 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Toledo OH
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What size tank and what simmer? Also do you have a wet dry??
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Nano reef in the works
TIM MADE ME DO IT, Yet Robert made him do it, yet Casey made him do it!
Yet the voices in all their heads made them do it (skeety)
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10-17-2006, 07:32 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: portsmouth
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its a jewle vision 260 and skimmer is a prizum delux filltterration is two three stage externalls jewle internall wavemaker 4 power heads 54w lumnair 2atinic and 2 whites with moonlights
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