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Old 08/24/2007, 08:02 PM
Reefmack Reefmack is offline
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Awesome pics Laurent! The corals are looking great! Keep an eye on your readings - rinsing the ceramic media under tap water may have killed off any good bacteria on them. On the other hand I have a feeling that most of us have enough live rock doing the filtering that the ceramic media & even rubble in that back chamber aren't even needed. I came to that conclusion when I removed my ceramic & replaced with rubble - never saw any ammonia or nitrite. My ceramic was about as white as the day I put it in, and the only sign of any growth or dirt was on the bag itself. To be safe, the next time you clean the media rinse it in SW from a water change, or even fresh SW, so you have no chance of killing good bacteria by exposure to chlorine, etc. JMO.
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