Bio Balls replacement and UV filter replacement?

Psirex · 08/30/2011, 07:46 PM

How often should they be replaced? Just trying to get everything in top shape is all....

moonpod · 08/30/2011, 07:59 PM

uh....with bioballs, I'm assuming you have a wetdry. If that's your primary biological filter then you don't replace. You can rinse off with salt water to "de crudify", but you don't replace.

UV bulbs usually last about a year.

Psirex · 08/30/2011, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moonpod

uh....with bioballs, I'm assuming you have a wetdry. If that's your primary biological filter then you don't replace. You can rinse off with salt water to "de crudify", but you don't replace.

UV bulbs usually last about a year.

Thanks

Palting · 08/30/2011, 08:13 PM

"de-crudify". LOL!! Gotta remember that for scrabble.

snorvich · 08/30/2011, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Palting

"de-crudify". LOL!! Gotta remember that for scrabble.

It's a medical term. Doctors do that. (My apologies to Geena Davis in Long Kiss Goodnight)

Palting · 08/30/2011, 09:37 PM

I get it

. I de-crudify at the scrub sink before every surgical case!

moonpod · 08/30/2011, 09:45 PM

Now you guys are getting in the spirit

Psirex · 08/30/2011, 09:52 PM

While I have your attention... _ am thinking of using chemiclean to take care of cyano problem but am worried about my green mandarin and its food source... Will the treatment kill either one of them? And if only the copepods then how soon before i start adding them again???

moonpod · 08/30/2011, 09:57 PM

Uhm.....chemiclean DOES kill cyano, but it makes a pretty big mess generally speaking. I would try to correct your phosphate problem instead.

Psirex · 08/30/2011, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moonpod

Uhm.....chemiclean DOES kill cyano, but it makes a pretty big mess generally speaking. I would try to correct your phosphate problem instead.

Understood, i am in the process of doing that but I'm worried about the copepod food source for my mandarin and the mandarin itself...

moonpod · 08/30/2011, 10:30 PM

Eh. If you quell the phosphates, the cyano goes away and you don't need chemi clean. You don't add antibiotics (essentially what chemi clean is I believe erythromycin) and you don't need to worry about impact on copepod population if any. granted if this is a long term mandarin, then most likely either you have a RAGING copepod population or the thing eats other foods

Psirex · 08/30/2011, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moonpod

Eh. If you quell the phosphates, the cyano goes away and you don't need chemi clean. You don't add antibiotics (essentially what chemi clean is I believe erythromycin) and you don't need to worry about impact on copepod population if any. granted if this is a long term mandarin, then most likely either you have a RAGING copepod population or the thing eats other foods

he has been around for about 3-4 months and is ALWAYS picking at the glass and live rock... I add a bottle of pods about every 2-3 weeks....

moonpod · 08/30/2011, 11:43 PM

I dunno. I am not a fan of the antibiotic cyano eliminators. Like I said. Tend to make more of a mess than help ultimately. I don't actually think it'll affect the mandarin one way or another, unless I am forgetting something about mandarin skin or something

Psirex · 08/31/2011, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moonpod

I dunno. I am not a fan of the antibiotic cyano eliminators. Like I said. Tend to make more of a mess than help ultimately. I don't actually think it'll affect the mandarin one way or another, unless I am forgetting something about mandarin skin or something

Thanks

08/30/2011, 07:46 PM	#1
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08/30/2011, 07:59 PM	#2
moonpod Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: B.H., Los Angeles Posts: 13,053	uh....with bioballs, I'm assuming you have a wetdry. If that's your primary biological filter then you don't replace. You can rinse off with salt water to "de crudify", but you don't replace. UV bulbs usually last about a year. __________________ Excuses are just the nails for the house of failure. Current Tank Info: 32" Leemar starfire cube now empty and not quite so stinky

08/30/2011, 08:13 PM	#4
Palting Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,912	"de-crudify". LOL!! Gotta remember that for scrabble. __________________ Anything I post is just an opinion. One of many in this hobby. Believe and follow at your own risk of rapid and complete annihilation of all life in your tank :) Current Tank Info: Incept 3/2010, 150 RR, 50g sump, 20g fuge, 150w 15K MH x3, T5 actinics x8, moonlight LED x6, 1400gph return, Koralia 1400 x4, 300 g skimmer, 4 tangs, 2 mandarins, 2 perc, 6 line, 3 cardinals, 2 firefish, SPS, LPS, zoas, palys, shrooms, clam

08/30/2011, 09:37 PM	#6
Palting Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,912	I get it . I de-crudify at the scrub sink before every surgical case! __________________ Anything I post is just an opinion. One of many in this hobby. Believe and follow at your own risk of rapid and complete annihilation of all life in your tank :) Current Tank Info: Incept 3/2010, 150 RR, 50g sump, 20g fuge, 150w 15K MH x3, T5 actinics x8, moonlight LED x6, 1400gph return, Koralia 1400 x4, 300 g skimmer, 4 tangs, 2 mandarins, 2 perc, 6 line, 3 cardinals, 2 firefish, SPS, LPS, zoas, palys, shrooms, clam

08/30/2011, 09:45 PM	#7
moonpod Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: B.H., Los Angeles Posts: 13,053	Now you guys are getting in the spirit __________________ Excuses are just the nails for the house of failure. Current Tank Info: 32" Leemar starfire cube now empty and not quite so stinky

08/30/2011, 09:52 PM	#8
Psirex Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 1,934	While I have your attention... _ am thinking of using chemiclean to take care of cyano problem but am worried about my green mandarin and its food source... Will the treatment kill either one of them? And if only the copepods then how soon before i start adding them again??? __________________ SALINITY NOW....

08/30/2011, 09:57 PM	#9
moonpod Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: B.H., Los Angeles Posts: 13,053	Uhm.....chemiclean DOES kill cyano, but it makes a pretty big mess generally speaking. I would try to correct your phosphate problem instead. __________________ Excuses are just the nails for the house of failure. Current Tank Info: 32" Leemar starfire cube now empty and not quite so stinky

08/30/2011, 10:30 PM	#11
moonpod Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: B.H., Los Angeles Posts: 13,053	Eh. If you quell the phosphates, the cyano goes away and you don't need chemi clean. You don't add antibiotics (essentially what chemi clean is I believe erythromycin) and you don't need to worry about impact on copepod population if any. granted if this is a long term mandarin, then most likely either you have a RAGING copepod population or the thing eats other foods __________________ Excuses are just the nails for the house of failure. Current Tank Info: 32" Leemar starfire cube now empty and not quite so stinky

08/30/2011, 11:43 PM	#13
moonpod Premium Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: B.H., Los Angeles Posts: 13,053	I dunno. I am not a fan of the antibiotic cyano eliminators. Like I said. Tend to make more of a mess than help ultimately. I don't actually think it'll affect the mandarin one way or another, unless I am forgetting something about mandarin skin or something __________________ Excuses are just the nails for the house of failure. Current Tank Info: 32" Leemar starfire cube now empty and not quite so stinky

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