Questions

matty0206 · #1 07/06/2006, 05:59 PM

I have a new 12g nano and i have some spots of a slime looking algae i have read on here about using a turkey baster to blow it off? Should i blow it off or suck it up? Also i replaced the stock pump with a maxi900 and when i removed the old pump a plume of carbon powder blew into my tank. Is this bad there seems to be carbon on everything?

There is also a picture in my gallery of the algae!

ricks · #2 07/06/2006, 06:07 PM

Are you sure it was carbon powder???? Sounds Kinda strange????

matty0206 · #3 07/06/2006, 06:22 PM

It is like a fine black dust and in the chamber that the pump sits in there is a bag that has what looks like carbon in it?

bertoni · #4 07/06/2006, 06:43 PM

I would guess it's carbon dust, and it's not an emergency. Rinsing the carbon before using it might help reduce the dust issue.

Sucking the cyanobacteria out of the tank and discarding it will export nutrients, so that's a fine idea. Blowing it off the rock tends to help as well, and is a bit easier. Personal choice.

mlukason · #5 07/06/2006, 09:46 PM

I would try to remove as much as you can with the baster method and combine that with blowing the rest of the bed and rockwork off as best you can before each water change. I think making the move to a more powerful pump was a good idea. The increased flow may help to reduce the cyano build up on the sand.

Good Luck!

funman1 · #6 07/06/2006, 11:44 PM

I always rinse my carbon before butting it in.
Tons of dust come off during the rinse and then I don't get any in the tank

Bambalamb · #7 07/07/2006, 01:02 AM

FWIW,

I would use RO/DI water (or at least RO) for the water changes

Carbon dust in the water shouldn't be a problem.

High quality water + good flow will help decrease algea.