Filtration Concern....Advise appreciated.

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
My nitrates hit 80 ppm a few days ago. I did a water change on Sunday and that brought it down a little. Just did another water change about an hour ago. I'm gonna let the tank sit over night and check the levels in the morning. I feed that tank reef plankton, ( I have corals ) krill, carnivore cuisine, mysis shrimp, brine shrimp and seaweed sheets. All frozen foods. One cube of one of those a day soaked in vitality. It's been helping. His lateral line is healing nicely and the scaring on his face looks like its been getting better. He's had it for about 3 months now.
 
Like I said, water quality and nutrition.

Eventually you are probably going to want a bigger tank for this guy, but in the meantime getting that value down to 10ppm tops, and holding it there steady should be the first course of action.

Your diet sounds good.
 
Well as I said this morning I checked my nitrares. I'm at 20 ppm! It's coming down. Gonna do another water change on Sunday and check again.
 
I'm very interested in a Sump. Just don't know where to start. Does any make an all inclusive package deal? Pump, Sump, filter sock, plumbing. . . I don't know the first thing about a Sump or building one.
 
http://www.marinedepot.com/filters_ecosystem_filter_sump_kit-ap.html

That is a sump kit...you would still need to buy a pump and an overflow it looks like. IT recommends that you can not use a protein skimmer, but I would.

That being said eshopps also sells sump kits, but there are usually a couple things missing you have to order separately. Aside from that if you can worth with pvc you are in the clear. Its not too hard, but the first time you do it you are going to mess up, and there are going to be multiple trips to the hardware store.

Look for your skimmer, the actual sump, and maybe even an overflow on craigslist etc... the pump you should buy new.
 
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