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Originally Posted by saint27
I will weight in on this topic of biomedia vs. GDA....
It took me two months before I got everything together, tested and running correctly...
Well as the week went by...
So I let it go for another week. Guess what? There is almost no trace of algae on the glass at all.
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I appreciate the comments. But from the sound of things this could also be another argument for it being a life cycle issue. As in you let enough time go buy, you left it undisturbed, and it corrected itself.
Only problem is, that argument does not establish clear cause (give it time) and effect (it clears up). It's ENTIRELY possible that the cause is a maturing biofilter. But as far as I can tell, it's tough to tell the difference. Unless of course I can find people that have a proven, mature, intatct biofilter that suddenly get's GDA and eradicates it by leaving it alone. But I haven't seen that yet.
Thanks for posting!
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Originally Posted by Steve Kelly
I'm going to give my used 25-micron cartridge one more try by bleaching it first and then pressure washing it.
After a little research, I've come to the conclusion that all of the Ocean Clear cartridges and foam filter options can also be used in the Nu-Clear filters. I'm seriously considering trying one of the OC 25-micron carts since they're advertised as having 40 sq.ft. surface area instead of the Nu-Clear's 30 sq.ft. I also like the idea of using the foam inserts from OC to increase the biological filtration capacity of the Nu-Clear.
Steve
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Please let me know if that bleach and pressure wash works for you Steve. Bleaching and using a normal hose did squat for me.
I hope you are right about the cartridges interchangability. I've got a 2nd OC340 that I've been ready to install - replacing the Eheim Pro II. But I've ordered the foam inserts for an OC 318 because it's got 200+ sf. ft. of biological media vs. the 30 or 40 in the OC 340. I don't really need any more mechanical filtering - don't think so anyway.
So I'm hoping to find this stuff is really interchangable. Thanks for the tip!
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Originally Posted by neilfishguy
I want some algea pics...PLEASE!!!!!
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Took some last night. Tank looked like crap. Will try to post them this weekend. Really.