How do you find tank dead spots?

CStoner · 01/29/2009, 06:15 PM

How do YOU find where your tanks dead spots are? I don't like the idea of having my hand in the water with power heads running. I do have a CGFI, but I don't want to test it. ;-)

So what do you use to find em?

stricknine · 01/29/2009, 06:24 PM

I look for where all the crap collects. Food, decay, etc. Should be obvious.

As for the hand in the water, get a ground probe with the GFI and you will be fine.(heated topic-beware) you cant go through the hobby scared to touch the water. (unless you have a puffer, agressive tang or trigger, maybe a shark tank?)

phish guy · 01/30/2009, 12:19 AM

ditto, i have my hand in tank with eveything going. dont worry.

as far as how to find dead spots, +1 to what Stricknine said. also, when you clean your rocks (with a turkey baster/powerhead) watch how the particles flow. it'll let you see "dead spots", where the flow is high and low.

VacavilleFC3S · 01/30/2009, 01:50 AM

lol get used to it

MileHighFish · 01/30/2009, 01:58 AM

Haha you will have your hand several times a week maybe even more with a new setup, dont stress you will be ok with your hand in the tank. I run several Sieo's down the rear wall to keep Detritus moving this will get your tank to be free from Nitrates.

YE||0W TA|\|G · 01/30/2009, 11:51 AM

usually a good place to find dead spots are where u see build up of waste or even cyno (dun dun dunnnn)

an411 · 01/30/2009, 12:04 PM

Yeah I would say a good indicator is cyano

01/29/2009, 06:15 PM	#1
CStoner Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dallas Fort Worth Texas Posts: 90	How do you find tank dead spots? How do YOU find where your tanks dead spots are? I don't like the idea of having my hand in the water with power heads running. I do have a CGFI, but I don't want to test it. ;-) So what do you use to find em?

01/30/2009, 12:19 AM	#3
phish guy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South NJ Posts: 1,003	ditto, i have my hand in tank with eveything going. dont worry. as far as how to find dead spots, +1 to what Stricknine said. also, when you clean your rocks (with a turkey baster/powerhead) watch how the particles flow. it'll let you see "dead spots", where the flow is high and low. __________________ Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. Current Tank Info: 150 Gallon Reef, Reeftech LEDs ( on their way out for reefbreeder Photons), Reef Octoput NWB250, Custom made Sump/Refufium, Mp40wES, Koralia's. SPS, LPS, Zoas/Palys

01/30/2009, 01:58 AM	#5
MileHighFish Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NM. Posts: 1,722	Haha you will have your hand several times a week maybe even more with a new setup, dont stress you will be ok with your hand in the tank. I run several Sieo's down the rear wall to keep Detritus moving this will get your tank to be free from Nitrates. __________________ See "Red House" for pics!! I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later. Mitch Hedberg Current Tank Info: Reef tank, 100 gal Lee Mar polished.. 60 sump.. 800 watts mh 20k radium..Ran on "Taiwan HQI Ballast" 330 watt VHO.. 48 watt compacts (dawn/dusk).. sps/lps tank..

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YE\|\|0W TA\|\\|G Registered Member $YE\|\|0W TA\|\\|G's Avatar$ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Hillsborough New Jersey Posts: 699	usually a good place to find dead spots are where u see build up of waste or even cyno (dun dun dunnnn) __________________ Rome was not built in a day, and neither was the ocean.. or our aquariums.. patience is they key to success.
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01/29/2009, 06:24 PM	#2
stricknine Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Up North Posts: 989	I look for where all the crap collects. Food, decay, etc. Should be obvious. As for the hand in the water, get a ground probe with the GFI and you will be fine.(heated topic-beware) you cant go through the hobby scared to touch the water. (unless you have a puffer, agressive tang or trigger, maybe a shark tank?)

01/30/2009, 01:50 AM	#4
VacavilleFC3S Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Vacaville California Posts: 2,613	lol get used to it

01/30/2009, 12:04 PM	#7
an411 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Derby CT Posts: 2,861	Yeah I would say a good indicator is cyano